Installation Complete

Congratulations! Your Red Hat Linux 6.2 installation is now complete!

The installation program will prompt you to prepare your system for reboot (see Figure 4-23). Don't forget to remove any diskette in the floppy drive or CD in the CD-ROM drive. If you did not install LILO, you'll need to use your boot disk now.

After your computer's normal power-up sequence has completed, you should see LILO's standard prompt, which is boot:. At the boot: prompt, you can do any of the following things:

• Press Enter — Causes LILO's default boot entry to be booted.

• Enter a Boot Label, followed by Enter — Causes LILO to boot the operating system corresponding to the boot label. (Press ? at the boot: for a list of valid boot labels.)

• Do Nothing — After LILO's timeout period, (which, by default, is five seconds) LILO will automatically boot the default boot entry.

Do whatever is appropriate to boot Red Hat Linux. You should see one or more screens of messages scroll by. Eventually, you should see a login: prompt or a GUI login screen (if you installed the X Window System and chose to start X automatically).

Please Note

If you've installed Red Hat Linux using either the FTP or HTTP installation methods, after booting Red Hat Linux you must perform the following steps to enable networking: Boot the new system and log in as root. Create a backup copy of /etc/sysconfig/hwconf. Using the text editor of your choice, edit the file /etc/sysconfig/hwconf. Remove ALL sections starting with class: NETWORK, up to and including the ending dash (-). Here is a sample NETWORK section: class: NETWORK bus: PCI detached: 0 device: eth driver: old_tulip desc: "DEC|DECchip 21140 [FasterNet]" vendorId: 1011 deviceId: 0009 pciType: 1 - Execute the program /usr/sbin/kudzu — The system should detect your networking hardware and load the appropriate drivers. After the program has completed, reboot the system to verify that networking comes up properly.

Tip

If you're not sure what to do next, we suggest you begin with the Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide as an introduction to using Red Hat Linux. The Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide covers topics relating to the basics of your system. If you are a more experienced user looking for information on system configuration or administration topics, you may find the Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide to be more helpful.