Intel S5000PAL manual

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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4*

Intel® Server Board S5000PAL

-The amount of physical RAM is installed on the machine.

-The version of the OS.

Swap should equal 2x physical RAM for up to 2 GB of physical RAM, and then 1x physical RAM for any amount above 2 GB, but never less than 32 MB.

Using this formula, a system with 2 GB of physical RAM would have 4 GB of swap, while one with 3 GB of physical RAM would have 5 GB of swap. Creating a large swap space partition can be especially helpful if you plan to upgrade your RAM at a later time.

Tip: If your partitioning scheme requires a swap partition that is larger than 2 GB, you should create an additional swap partition. For example, if you need 4 GB of swap, you should create two 2 GB swap partitions. If you have 4 GB of RAM, you should create three 2 GB swap partitions. Red Hat Enterprise Linux supports up to 32 swap files.

For systems with really large amounts of RAM (more than 32 GB) you can likely get away with a smaller swap partition (around 1x, or less, of physical RAM).

A root partition (500 MB -5.0 GB) — this is where "/" (the root directory) is located. In this setup, all files (except those stored in /boot/efi) are on the root partition. A 500 MB partition allows you to install a minimal installation, while a 5.0 GB root partition lets you perform a full installation, choosing all package groups.

Unless you have a reason for doing otherwise, we recommend that you create the following partitions for x86 and Intel® 64 systems:

A swap partition (at least 256 MB) — 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.

If you are unsure about what size swap partition to create, make it twice the amount of RAM on your machine (but no larger than 2 GB). It must be of type swap.

Creation of the proper amount of swap space varies depending on a number of factors including the following (in descending order of importance):

-The applications running on the machine.

-The amount of physical RAM is installed on the machine.

-The version of the OS.

Swap should equal 2x physical RAM for up to 2 GB of physical RAM, and then 1x physical RAM for any amount above 2 GB, but never less than 32 MB.

Using this formula, a system with 2 GB of physical RAM would have 4 GB of swap, while one with 3 GB of physical RAM would have 5 GB of swap. Creating a large swap space partition can be especially helpful if you plan to upgrade your RAM at a later time.

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Contents Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Contents Appendix a Additional Boot Options Red Hat Linux Pass-Through Hardware Requirements Reseller Steps to Receive Pass-Thru OS CertificationConfiguration Hardware ComponentsSAS RAID CD-ROM Installed Module 1064e SAS I/O Embedded mptsas Quantity Model/Version Software Used in the Installation Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Installation Graphical Installation Program User InterfaceConsole, Keystrokes, and Contents Text Mode Installation Program User Interface Installation Program Widgets as seen in Disk DruidUsing the Keyboard to Navigate Starting the Installation Program Booting the Installation Program on x86 and Intel 64 SystemsAdditional Boot Options Kernel Options Linux mediacheckSelecting an Installation Method Installing from CD-ROMWhat If the IDE CD-ROM Was Not Found? Installing from a Hard Drive Performing a Network InstallationInstalling via NFS Next, enter the name of the exported directory Installing via FTP Installing via HttpHttp Setup Dialog Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise LinuxLanguage Selection Language SelectionKeyboard Configuration Disk Partitioning SetupDisk Partitioning Setup Automatic Partitioning10. Automatic Partitioning Partitioning Your System Graphical Display of Hard DrivesDisk Druid’s Buttons Partition Fields Recommended Partitioning SchemePage Page Adding Partitions 12. Partitioning with Disk Druid on x86 and Intel 64 SystemsFile System Types X86 and Intel 64 Boot Loader Configuration Editing PartitionsDeleting a Partition Page Advanced Boot Loader Configuration 13. Boot Loader InstallationRescue Mode Alternative Boot LoadersSMP Motherboards and Grub Network Configuration 14. Network Configuration15. Editing a network Device Firewall Configuration ∙ Enable firewallMake -C /etc/mail Language Support Selection 17. Language Support Selection Time Zone Configuration 18. Configuring the Time ZoneSet Root Password 19. Root PasswordPackage Group Selection 20. Package Group Selection Preparing to Install Installing PackagesInstallation Complete Page Appendix a Additional Boot Options Page Nofb Page Copyright 2006, Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved
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