Rhel 6 Installation – Complete Step by Step

Burn Downloaded Image to DVD and Boot Computer Using Red Hat 6 Installation DVD

Check RHEL image  and burn image to DVD with your favourite CD/DVD burner. And boot computer using Red Hat Installation DVD.

Step  1- : Boot the system with RHEL 6.0 DVD. At the boot prompt, hit enter to begin installation:

Step  2-:  Choose a language

             

Step 3 -: Choose a keyboard type

Step  4 -: Choose a installation media

Step  5 -:   Skip the media testing process

Step  6 -: Red Hat  graphical installer starts, select next

Step  7 -: Select your preferred Language and hit Enter

Step  8 -: Select your keyboard layout

Step  9 -:  Select Basic storage Devices. If you i nstall this in SAN environment select Specialized  Storage Devices and hit Enter

Step  10 -:  A warning message will appear that denotes the existing data’s in the hdd will be deleted. Make sure the hdd doesn’t has any important data’s and hit Yes

Step  11 -:   Enter the hostname for your server

  

Step  12 -:  Enter the IP Address a for your server by clicking the “configure Network”, Select your Network interface and enter the IP, Subnet details and Apply the changes

Step  13 -:  Select your Time Zone and click next

Step  14 -: Enter the Root Password and click Next

Step  15 -:  Select the Mode of Partition and click Next

Step  16 -:  The partition changes will be applied now

Step  17 -:  Now select the type of install for this server depends upon the role of the server such as Desktop, Basic Server, Web Server, Database server or whatever you need for your current environment. Here let us install the Minimal Server. You can customize the server here or you can do it later

Step  18 -:  Now the installation will begin. It will take a while depends upon your hardware configuration

Step  19 -:  At the end of installation, hit Reboot and you will get the login screen as shown below