Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide 5.2 - linux.meuhobby.com

Systems
For Itanium users:
To pass options to the boot loader on an Itanium system, enter the following at the EFI Shell
prompt:
elilo linux option
For x86, AMD64, and Intel® 64 users:
To pass options to the boot loader on an x86, AMD64, or Intel® 64 system, use the instructions
as provided in the boot loader option samples below.
Note
Refer to Chapter 8, Additional Boot Options for Intel® and AMD Systems for
additional boot options not covered in this section.
• To perform a text mode installation, at the installation boot prompt, type:
linux text
• ISO images have an md5sum embedded in them. To test the checksum integrity of an ISO
image, at the installation boot prompt, type:
linux mediacheck
The installation program prompts you to insert a CD or select an ISO image to test, and select
OK to perform the checksum operation. This checksum operation can be performed on any
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD and does not have to be performed in a specific order (for
example, CD #1 does not have to be the first CD you verify). It is strongly recommended to
perform this operation on any Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD that was created from
downloaded ISO images. This command works with the CD, DVD, hard drive ISO, and NFS
ISO installation methods.
• Also in the images/ directory is the boot.iso file. This file is an ISO image than can be used
to boot the installation program. To use the boot.iso, your computer must be able to boot
from its CD-ROM drive, and its BIOS settings must be configured to do so. You must then
burn the boot.iso file onto a recordable/rewriteable CD-ROM.
• If you need to perform the installation in serial mode, type the following command:
linux console=
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