Although Red Hat Linux includes four different classes, or types of installations, this
manual only discusses workstation-class installations.
In choosing automatic partitioning, a workstation-class
installation removes all Linux-related partitions on all installed
hard drives (and uses all free unpartitioned disk space) to create
the following partitions:
A 64MB swap partition.
A variable-sized root partition (mounted as
/) in which all other files are stored
(the exact size of this partition is dependent on your
available disk space).
A 16MB partition (mounted as /boot) in which
the Linux kernel and related files reside.
 | Please Note |
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| | You'll need at least 900MB of free disk space in order to
perform a workstation-class installation.
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This installation will remove all existing Linux partitions
on all hard drives in your system; non-Linux partitions
will not removed.
A workstation-class installation will install your choice of a GNOME or KDE (or
both) desktop environment, and the X Window System.
A workstation-class installation will not erase your Windows 3.1/95/98
configuration. Instead, it will automatically configure your system to dual-boot
using LILO (the LInux LOader).
A workstation-class installation will not allow you to customize your group
package selection. If you do not want the installation program to select
packages for you, please choose a custom-class installation and refer to the
Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide on the Documentation CD.
 | Caution |
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| | A workstation-class installation will not install correctly if you plan to
create a dual-boot system with Windows NT as the second OS. If you're sharing a
system with Windows NT, 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).
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| Please Note |
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| | Unlike earlier workstation-class installations, performing a Red Hat Linux
7.0 workstation-class installation will not install the
network daemon xinetd (inet services).
Withholding xinetd results in a more
secure installation; however, in-bound[1], network-related services such as
finger,
telnet,
talk, and
FTP will not work. If you require these
types of services, choose a server- or a custom-class
installation.
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