RedHat Version 8

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RedHat Version 8

• Installation.

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RedHat Version 8.0

• Installation.
• Better support for anti-aliaising.
• 6 CDROMS, free CDROMs distributed by other
  organizations may not bear Red Hat trademark.
• 3 install images, documentation source.
• Support for http, ftp, nfs and iso images as
  before.

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RedHat Version 8.0

• Installer has a built-in ability to test the
  integrity of the install media.
• type linux mediacheck at the boot prompt.
• The installation program no longer uses the frame
  buffer X server for graphical installation
• isolinux is now used for booting the CD
• Now possible to specify the boot order of your
  drives (grub only).
• components file comps has been replaced by an
  XML-based file comps.xml

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RedHat Version 8.0

• Now possible to perform a network installation
  after booting from the CD.
• Type linux askmethod at the boot prompt
• Installation program automatically configures a
  USB mouse even if a USB mouse is not present at
  installation time so, whenever a USB mouse is
  inserted, it will be functional.
• Now possible to install from an IEEE-1394
  (FireWire) CD-ROM device. It requires being able
  to boot from the CD-ROM device.

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Installation types

• Personal Desktop (Total size 1560 Mb)
• Includes following components
• Gnome
• Office Suite
• Mozilla
• Evolution
• Instant Messaging
• Mozilla Web Browser
• Sounds/Video
• Games
• You can customize the Selection!

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Installation types

• Workstation (Total size 1890 Mb)
• Includes following components
• Gnome
• Office Suite
• Mozilla
• Evolution
• Instant Messaging
• Mozilla Web Browser
• Sounds/Video
• Games
• Software Development
• Administration Tools

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Installation types

• Server (Total size 725Mb)
• Allows individual packages to be selected.
• Upgrade option as before.
• Install Everything 4680 Mb!
• Lots of extra components are included like
  anaconda, Red Hat add-ons etc.

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Disk Partitioning

• Logical Volume Manager Support (LVM)
• Allows logical volumes to be built from separate
  physical disks.
• Very similar to HP-UX LVM.
• Boot partition may not be under LVM control
• File systems are now labeled and referenced
  within grub.conf/lilo.conf
• Fdisk, Disk Druid and Automatic Partitioning
  still supported
• /boot is now automatically adjusted to be 100Mb
  in size.

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Command line options

• Extra command line options during install
• boot linux reiserfs boot linux jfs allow the
  choice of these file systems during install
• boot linux askmethod allows supported network
  installation options to be chosen.
• boot linux mediacheck allows the media to be
  checked.

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GRUB Selection Screen

• Utility to allow disks to be swapped
• Allows selection of boot disk from mixed disk
  systems
• SCSI IDE disks
• Separate Windows boot disks that are not the
  primary disk within the system
• Selection is not available from within lilo.
• Lilo remains untouched.

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Minor Changes

• Firewall selection is configuring iptables.
• TimeZone selection screen now only shows World
  map.
• Keyboard selection, Mouse, Language, root
  password, authentication screens remain
  un-changed.

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Software Selection Screen.

• Each Selection allows individual optional
  selections to be chosen.
• New separate layout for Applications, Server,
  Office tools etc.
• Minimal selection option for firewalls, router
  machines.
• New Select all screen for everything (4680Mb!)
• Individual packages and selection checking as
  before.

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Install process

• Install progresses as previously.
• On first boot, new Red Hat start-up agent
  included.
• Allows the following to be configured/set
• Date and Time
• Sound Card
• Update Agent
• Load additional CDs
• Finish Setup
• Date/Time screen allows ntpd configuration
• Sound configuration screen replaces sndconfig and
  attempts to configure sound card correctly.
• Update agent screens allows the system to be
  registered on http//rhn.redhat.com

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Install process (cont)

• Install Additional Software screen allows
  following selections
• Install Red Hat Linux Documentation CD
• Install Red Hat installation CD
• Additional CDs
• Software can be installed later as usual.
• redhat-config-package