Part II. IBM Power Systems — Installation and Booting
This part of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide includes information about installation and basic post-installation troubleshooting for IBM Power Systems servers. IBM Power Systems servers include IBM PowerLinux servers and POWER7 and POWER6 Power Systems servers running Linux.
For advanced installation options, refer to Part IV, “Advanced Installation Options”.
Important
Previous releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux supported 32-bit and 64-bit Power Systems servers (
ppc and ppc64 respectively). Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 supports only 64-bit Power Systems servers (ppc64).
Table of Contents
- 11. Planning for Installation on Power Systems Servers
- 12. Preparing for Installation
- 13. Updating Drivers During Installation on IBM Power Systems Servers
- 14. Booting the Installer
- 15. Configuring Language and Installation Source
- 16. Installing Using Anaconda
- 16.1. The Text Mode Installation Program User Interface
- 16.2. The Graphical Installation Program User Interface
- 16.3. A Note About Linux Virtual Consoles
- 16.4. Using the HMC vterm
- 16.5. Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- 16.6. Language Selection
- 16.7. Keyboard Configuration
- 16.8. Storage Devices
- 16.9. Setting the Hostname
- 16.10. Time Zone Configuration
- 16.11. Set the Root Password
- 16.12. Assign Storage Devices
- 16.13. Initializing the Hard Disk
- 16.14. Upgrading an Existing System
- 16.15. Disk Partitioning Setup
- 16.16. Choosing a Disk Encryption Passphrase
- 16.17. Creating a Custom Layout or Modifying the Default Layout
- 16.18. Write Changes to Disk
- 16.19. Package Group Selection
- 16.20. Installing Packages
- 16.21. Installation Complete
- 17. Troubleshooting Installation on an IBM Power Systems server
- 17.1. You Are Unable to Boot Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- 17.2. Trouble Beginning the Installation
- 17.3. Trouble During the Installation
- 17.4. Problems After Installation
- 17.4.1. Unable to IPL from *NWSSTG
- 17.4.2. Booting into a Graphical Environment
- 17.4.3. Problems with the X Window System (GUI)
- 17.4.4. Problems with the X Server Crashing and Non-Root Users
- 17.4.5. Problems When You Try to Log In
- 17.4.6. Your Printer Does Not Work
- 17.4.7. Apache HTTP Server or Sendmail Stops Responding During Startup