Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 Installation Guide with Screenshots

This is the article which will guide you step-by-step installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (Santiago) with screenshots. Current stable version is 6.3 (mirror update 3). Red Hat Enterprise Linux is one of the best and stable Linux Operating systems.

RHEL 6 Installation Guide

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a Linux-based operating system developed by Red Hat and targeted the commercial market.

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is available on the following architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is released in server versions for x86, x86-64 for Itanium, PowerPC and IBM System z, and Desktop versions. Download center for RHEL 6 DVD/CD from https://access.redhat.com/downloads.

There are numbers of new technology and features are added; some of the important features are listed below:

• Ext4 a default filesystem, and the optional XFS filesystem.
• XEN is replaced by KVM (Kernel based Virtualization). However, XEN is supported till RHEL 5 life cycle.
• Supported future ready Filesystem called Btrfs pronounced “Better F S”.
• Upstart event driven which contains scripts that are only activated when they are needed. With Upstart, RHEL 6 has adopted a new and much faster alternative for the old System V boot procedure

There are number of installation types such as unattended installation called Kickstart, and Text-based Installer, I’ve used Graphical Installer. And I have installed it on my testing environment. Please choose packages during installation as per your need. So, let’s get started. Boot Computer Using Red Hat 6 Installation CD/DVD.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Installation

 

1. Select Install or upgrade existing system options:-

Select Install or Upgrade

2. Select Language:-

Select RHEL 6 Language

3. Select keyboard type:-

Select RHEL 6 Keyboard

4. Choose skip media test, click ok if you want to check media:-

Skip RHEL 6 media test

5. Select storage device:-

Select RHEL 6 Storage Device

6. Type computer name or hostname:-

Set RHEL 6 Hostname

7. Select time zone location:-

Set RHEL 6 TimeZone

8. Enter password for root user:-

Set RHEL 6 root Password

9. Select type of installation and review partitioning layout carefully also may choose Encrypt system:-

Select RHEL 6 Partition Layout

10. Review partitioning layout, modify if needed. I have chosen default setup with Ext4 and LVM:-

Choose RHEL 6 Filesystem type

 

 

 

 

11.  Manually configuration of LVM and RAID storage:-

Configure RHEL 6 LVM and Raid

 

 

 

 

12. Creating partition and formatting filesystems:-

Creating RHEL 6 Partitions

 

 

 

 

13. Configuring boot loader options, also can give boot loader password for security reason:-

Set RHEL 6 boot loader password

 

 

 

 

14. Select applications to install and select customize now:-

Select RHEL 6 Installation Packages

 

 

 

 

15. Customize package selections:-

RHEL 6 Packages Selection

 

 

 

 

16. Installation progress:-

RHEL 6 Installation Process

 

 

 

 

17. Installation is completed successfully:-

RHEL 6 Installation Completed

 

 

 

 

18. Please reboot your computer and login with root credentials as you set in the Step #8:-

Reboot RHEL 6 Installation

 

 

 

 

19.Login Screen:-

 

RHEL 6 Login Screen