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L1 Linux Installation

The document provides instructions for installing Red Hat Linux, including downloading the necessary ISO images for different processor types and burning them onto CDs. It explains the concept of partitioning a hard drive into logical drives and describes various file system types such as ext2, ext3, and swap. Each file system type has distinct features, with ext3 offering journaling capabilities for improved recovery after crashes.

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L1 Linux Installation

The document provides instructions for installing Red Hat Linux, including downloading the necessary ISO images for different processor types and burning them onto CDs. It explains the concept of partitioning a hard drive into logical drives and describes various file system types such as ext2, ext3, and swap. Each file system type has distinct features, with ext3 offering journaling capabilities for improved recovery after crashes.

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Linux Installation

LINUX INSTALLATION
Linux Installation

Download LINUX
To install Red Hat, you will need to download the ISO
images (CD Images) of the installation CD-ROMs
from https://access.redhat.com/downloads/
p://www.redhat.com
Download the i386 images for 32 Intel Processors,
PPC images for Apple Macintosh and x86_64 for
for 64 bit AMD Processors
Burn the ISO CD images on CDs and use these CDs
as Installation CDs (typically 4)
Linux Installation

What is a Partition?

Partitioning is a means to divide a single hard drive


into many logical drives.

A partition is a contiguous set of blocks on a drive


that are treated as an independent disk.

A partition table is an index that relates sections of


the hard drive to partitions.
Linux Installation

File system Types


ext2 — An ext2 file system supports standard Unix file
types (regular files, directories, symbolic links, etc). It
provides the ability to assign long file names, up to 255
characters. Versions prior to Red Hat Linux 7.2 used ext2
file systems by default.

ext3 — The ext3 file system is based on the ext2 file


system and has one main advantage — journaling. Using
a journaling file system reduces time spent recovering a
file system after a crash.

swap — Swap partitions are used to support virtual


memory. In other words, data is written to a swap partition
when there is not enough RAM to store the data your
system is processing.

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