Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration Unleashed

Performing the Installation 19A boot loader must be installed to boot into the operating system. The GRUB boot loaderis installed by default (see Figure 1.5). Options such as enabling a boot loader passwordcan be selected. Because GRUB is only used for x86 and x86_64 systems, this screen willvary for other architectures.1FIGURE 1.5Configuring the GRUB Boot LoaderNetwork devices are detected and configured to use DHCP and are active at boot time asshown on the Network Devices screen in Figure 1.6. Uncheck the Active at Boot optionnext to a network device if you do not want it to retrieve an IP address at boot. If yournetwork does not use DHCP, you can select to configure an IP address and networksettings for each device on this screen.For the Time Zone screen, click on the map to select a time zone. On the Root passwordscreen, enter a root password for the system and then type it again to confirm it. If theydo not match, you are prompted to enter them again.Certain software sets are installed by default, varying slightly with each variant of Red HatEnterprise Linux such as including the DHCP server with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server.Some additional software sets such as Software Development and Web Server can beselected during installation. These additional software sets also vary depending on theinstallation number and the Red Hat Enterprise Linux variant being installed.Also, select to Customize later or Customize now. If Customize later is chosen, nofurther options are presented. If Customize now is selected, the screen shown in Figure1.7 is displayed showing a list of software groups in the top-left box.