Installation Overview

Installing Red Hat Linux on a SPARC system is slightly more complex than installing Red Hat Linux on an Intel machine, mostly due to differences in machine architecture. In general, the main steps to a successful installation are:

1. Determine which console commands your SPARC system supports

2. Determine whether you have sufficient memory to use a RAM disk-based installation

3. Determine how you will boot the installation program

4. Determine what installation method you will use

5. Determine whether you will install Red Hat Linux/SPARC from a serial terminal

6. Load and run the Red Hat Linux installation program

The remainder of this chapter looks at each of these steps in more detail.