2.26. Installation Complete

Congratulations! Your Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 installation is now complete!

The installation program prompts you to prepare your system for reboot.

iSeries — Completing the Installation

When the installation program completes, it prompts you to press the [Enter] key. The LPAR then reboots with the installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS.

The installation program has completed the following tasks:

  • Installed a kernel to the B slot and kernel parameters ro root=LABEL=/

  • Installed a kernel to the PPC PReP boot partition, if one exists

  • The A slot has been left alone for the users discretion

TipTip
 

iSeries users may also find the following information about kernel slots useful:

http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/linux/tech_faq.html

You should now vary off your partition and configure the NWSD for running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, rather than installing it. You should change your IPL Source to either B or *NWSSTG. If you change it to *NWSSTG (booting off of your PPC PReP boot partition) you also need to add IPL Parameters. Now when you vary on your NWSD it boots up to your installed system.

Note that users installing exclusively to native SCSI disks cannot boot from *NWSSTG.

Remember that the only place you can log in as root is at the console or other devices as listed in /etc/securetty. If you want to log in as root from remote systems, use ssh.

pSeries — Completing the Installation

Do not forget to remove any diskette in the diskette drive or CD in the CD-ROM drive.

After rebooting, you must set the open firmware boot device to the disk containing your Red Hat Enterprise Linux PReP and / partitions. To accomplish this, wait until the LED indicator says E1F1, then press [F1] to enter the System Management Services GUI. Click on Multiboot and then click on Boot Sequence. Select the disk containing your Red Hat Enterprise Linux and type 1. Set the other devices as you wish, then click on Save, then Exit. Click on Exit from the main menu to boot your new system.

After your computer's normal power-up sequence has completed, YABOOT's prompt appears, at which you can do any of the following things:

  • Press [Enter] — causes YABOOT's default boot entry to be booted.

  • Select a boot label, followed by [Enter] — causes YABOOT to boot the operating system corresponding to the boot label. (Press [Tab] for pSeries systems at the boot: prompt for a list of valid boot labels.)

  • Do nothing — after YABOOT's timeout period, (by default, five seconds) YABOOT automatically boots the default boot entry.

Once Red Hat Enterprise Linux has booted, one or more screens of messages should scroll by. Eventually, a login: prompt or a GUI login screen (if you installed the X Window System and chose to start X automatically) appears.

The first time you start your Red Hat Enterprise Linux machine in run level 5 (the graphical run level), the Setup Agent is presented, which guides you through the Red Hat Enterprise Linux configuration. Using this tool, you can set your system time and date, install software, register your machine with Red Hat Network, and more. The Setup Agent lets you configure your environment at the beginning, so that you can get started using your Red Hat Enterprise Linux system quickly.

If you are not sure what to do next, we suggest you begin with the other Red Hat Enterprise Linux manuals available online or on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Documentation CD included with your Red Hat Enterprise Linux product.

HTML, PDF, and RPM versions of the manuals are available on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Documentation CD and online at http://www.redhat.com/docs/.

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Although this manual reflects the most current information possible, read the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Release Notes for information that may not have been available prior to our documentation being finalized. They can be found on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD #1 and online at http://www.redhat.com/docs/.

If you are a more experienced user looking for information on administration topics, you may find the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Reference Guide to be more helpful.

For an overview of system administration, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Introduction to System Administration. If you are looking for information on system configuration, you may find the Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Administration Guide to be helpful.

If you are looking for information on securing your system, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Security Guide.

Do not forget to register for the benefits you are entitled to as a Red Hat customer. Registration enables access to the Red Hat Services you have purchased, such as technical support and Red Hat Network.

To register your product, go to:

http://www.redhat.com/apps/activate/