3.18.4. Recommended Partitioning Scheme ............................................................... 47

3.18.5. Adding Partitions ............................................................................................ 48

3.18.6. Editing Partitions ............................................................................................ 50

3.18.7. Deleting a Partition ......................................................................................... 50

3.19. Partitioning with fdisk ................................................................................................... 50

3.20. Boot Loader Configuration ............................................................................................ 51

3.20.1. Advanced Boot Loader Configuration ............................................................ 52

3.20.2. Rescue Mode................................................................................................... 53

3.20.3. Alternative Boot Loaders ................................................................................ 54

3.20.4. SMP Motherboards, GRUB, and LILO .......................................................... 54

3.21. Network Configuration .................................................................................................. 55

3.22. Firewall Configuration ................................................................................................... 56

3.23. Language Support Selection .......................................................................................... 59

3.24. Time Zone Configuration............................................................................................... 60

3.25. Account Configuration................................................................................................... 61

3.25.1. Setting the Root Password .............................................................................. 62

3.25.2. Setting Up User Accounts............................................................................... 63

3.26. Authentication Configuration......................................................................................... 64

3.27. Package Group Selection ............................................................................................... 65

3.27.1. Selecting Individual Packages ........................................................................ 67

3.27.2. Unresolved Dependencies............................................................................... 68

3.28. Preparing to Install......................................................................................................... 69

3.29. Installing Packages......................................................................................................... 69

3.30. Boot Disk Creation ........................................................................................................ 70

3.31. Video Card Configuration .............................................................................................. 71

3.32. X Configuration   Monitor and Customization ........................................................... 72

3.32.1. Configuring Your Monitor .............................................................................. 72

3.32.2. Custom Configuration..................................................................................... 73

3.33. Installation Complete ..................................................................................................... 74

A. Upgrading Your Current System................................................................................................ 77

A.1. What it Means to Upgrade .............................................................................................. 77

A.2. Upgrading Your System .................................................................................................. 77

A.3. Upgrading Your File System........................................................................................... 78

A.4. Customizing Your Upgrade............................................................................................. 78

A.5. Boot Loader Configuration ............................................................................................. 79

A.5.1. Creating a New Boot Loader Configuration .................................................... 79

A.5.2. Advanced Boot Loader Configuration ............................................................. 81

A.5.3. Rescue Mode.................................................................................................... 82

A.5.4. Alternative Boot Loaders ................................................................................. 82

A.5.5. SMP Motherboards, GRUB, and LILO ........................................................... 83

A.6. Selecting Packages to Upgrade ....................................................................................... 84

A.6.1. Unresolved Dependencies................................................................................ 84

A.7. Upgrading Packages........................................................................................................ 85

A.8. Boot Diskette Creation.................................................................................................... 86

A.9. Upgrade Complete .......................................................................................................... 87

B. Removing Red Hat Linux ............................................................................................................ 89

C. Getting Technical Support .......................................................................................................... 91

C.1. Remember to Sign Up ..................................................................................................... 91

C.2. An Overview of Red Hat Support ................................................................................... 91

C.3. Scope of Red Hat Support............................................................................................... 93

C.4. How to Get Technical Support ........................................................................................ 93

C.4.1. Signing up for Technical Support..................................................................... 93

C.5. Questions for Technical Support ..................................................................................... 94

C.5.1. How to Send Support Questions ...................................................................... 95