Feature: Red Hat Linux 7.0 has a installation method
known as a "partitionless" installation. If your system has a FAT
(DOS/Windows) partition with sufficient free space, you can install
Red Hat Linux without repartitioning your hard drive. This method is perfect
for people who are new to Linux, and would like to try Red Hat Linux with a
minimum of disruption to their computer. To learn more about this
method, refer to Appendix B.
Red Hat Linux allows you to choose the installation type that best
fits your needs. Your options include:
Workstation, Server,
Custom, or Upgrade.
Warning
Installing Red Hat Linux over another installation of Linux (including Red Hat Linux)
does not preserve any information (files or data)
from a prior installation. Make sure you save any important files! If
you are worried about saving the current data on your existing system
(without making a backup on your own), you should consider performing
an upgrade instead (see Appendix A).
Figure 5-6. Choosing Install or Upgrade
Choosing your specific installation type also determines where you should go for
documentation on that choice.
Graphical Workstation Installation -- Official Red Hat Linux Installation Guide, (this
chapter, please continue reading)
Graphical Server Installation -- Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide on the
Documentation CD; Chapter: Installing Red Hat Linux via the GUI
Graphical Custom Installation -- Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide on the
Documentation CD; Chapter: Installing Red Hat Linux via the GUI
Text Mode Workstation Installation -- Official Red Hat Linux Installation Guide; Chapter
Installing in Text Mode
Text Mode Server Installation -- Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide on the
Documentation CD; Chapter: Installing Red Hat Linux via Text Mode
Text Mode Custom Installation -- Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide on the
Documentation CD; Chapter: Installing Red Hat Linux via Text Mode
A workstation-class installation will erase all
information in all Linux-related
partitions from every one of your
computer's hard drive(s).
You usually install Red Hat Linux on a clean disk partition or set of
partitions, or over another installation of Linux.
Warning
Do not choose a workstation-class installation if you're sharing a
disk with Windows NT; if you do, you will be unable to boot Windows
NT. LILO will write over NT's boot loader and you will be unable to
boot NT. You must perform a custom-class installation and configure
LILO so that it is not installed on the Master Boot
Record (MBR).
To create a dual-boot environment on a system that currently has NT,
you must install LILO on the first sector of the root partition, not
the MBR. Please be sure to create a boot disk. In a case such as
this, you will either need to use the boot disk, or configure the NT
system loader to boot LILO from the first sector of the root
partition. Be sure to check out http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader.html for
more information on setting up LILO and NT.
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