How do I perform a clean installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Eclipse?
Boot from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64-bit install DVD
Press ENTER to launch the installer in graphical mode
Choose Skip when prompted to check media
Enter the RHEL Installation Number when prompted, or select Skip
Hit Next until your reach the partitioning screen:
Choose Create default layout and Customize
Set the LVM layout as below:
Disk/LUN 0:
/boot, 100 MB
LVM label: rootvg
swap, swap, sized based on the amount of system RAM:
<4 GB RAM = 2048 MB
4-16 GB RAM = 4096 MB
16-64 GB RAM = 8192 MB
64-256 GB RAM = 16384 MB
/, root, 20480 MB
/esupport, 4096 MB
Disk/LUN 1:
Remove this disk from any other volume group (i.e. rootvg)
Leave it empty
Hit Next until your reach the networking screen
Click Edit and assign a static/manual IP address
Check “Manually” and assign hostname
Choose the appropriate time zone
Enter the root password
At the package selection screen, uncheck Virtualization (none of the options should be checked) and choose Customize later to use the default package set
Continue to complete the install and reboot into RHEL
Within the first boot wizard, accept the defaults except for:
Firewall: Disabled
SELinux: Disabled
Date and Time -> Network Time Protocol: Enable Network Time Protocol
Red Hat Network: enter your login information
Continue through until the end of the installation wizard