INSTALLATION OF ORACLE ENTERPRICE LINUX 6.

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In Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager, select the virtual machine and click the Start button in the
toolbar. A new window is displayed, which shows the virtual machine booting up. Depending on
the operating system and the configuration of the virtual machine, Virtual Box might display
some warnings first. It is safe to ignore these warnings.

 The virtual machine should boot from the installation media, as shown in the below
screen

 In next step the below screen will be shown, click on skip to continue the installation
procedure, Use TAB to select between options. Select “Skip” and press Enter
 Next the below screen will appear and click on "Next" or Alt+N button to go continue,

 Select the language option in which you want to communicate the installation process,
Then go with the "Next" option
 In this screen select the language option for the keyboard which you wants to have, go
with next

 Select basic storage devices as we fall under that category

 In the next screen it will ask to discard any data that exists in the hard disk that you
created earlier for this VM. Go ahead and say yes to that.
Note : This is not going to discard any of your main hard disk data. Only discard the VM
HDD drive that you created along the way which should be empty any way.
 Name your new VM Server. Name to whatever you want this server to be called as.

 Pick a time zone for the vm server and go with "Next" to continue.
 Enter a password for root user. If you are a newbie to Linux, root user is like
administrator and confirm the password for root user and click "Next" ,

 In this screen you can choose how to layout your partitioning schema. Go with "Create
Custom Layout" to customize manual partitioning here. If you want to replace the
existing server then click replace existing system. This will clean wipe the VM HDD
and layout partitioning schema to install Server.
 Give the proper Disk partitions as per your requirement by using the allocated space in
previous steps, and then click on "Next" and continue the procedure,
 Here the swap space in Linux is used when the amount of physical memory
(RAM) is full. If the system needs more memory resources and the RAM is full,
inactive pages in memory are moved to the swap space. While swap space can
help machines with a small amount of RAM, it should not be considered a
replacement for more RAM.
Swap space is located on hard drives, which have a slower access time than
physical memory.
Swap space can be a dedicated swap partition (recommended), a swap file, or a
combination of swap partitions and swap files. Swap should equal 2x physical
RAM for up to 2 GB of physical RAM, and then an additional 1x physical RAM
for any amount above 2 GB, but never less than 32 MB.
You can have different partitions like root , home etc.
 A root partition.
This is where "/" (the root directory) is located. In this setup, all files (except
those stored in /boot) are on the root partition.
A 3.0 GB 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.
 A home partition (at least 100 MB)
To store user data separately from system data, create a dedicated partition within
a volume group for the /home directory. This will enable you to upgrade or
reinstall Red Hat Enterprise Linux without erasing user data files.
Once you are done, click next to proceed
 Choose the option "Install boost loader " and go with "Next",

 Next the below screen will be shown. the default selection is "Basic Server". you can
choose according to your requirement and go with "Next" option,

 The "Package Group Selection" screen allows you to select the required package groups,
and individual packages within the details section. When you've made your selection,
 Click the "Next" button. If you want the server to have a regular gnome desktop you need
to include the following package groups from the "Desktops" section:
1. Desktops
2. Desktop Platform
3. Fonts
4. General Purpose Desktop
5. Graphical Administration Tools
6. X Windows System

 Next the installation process will start and the below screen will show you the
"Installation progress", Wait for the installation to complete.
 Next the below screen will show as Congratulations ! you now have successfully
installed Linux Virtual Machine Server. click "Reboot".

 After first boot, above welcome screen appears. On the "Welcome" screen, click the
"Forward" button to continue,
 Next screen will ask you to accept the terms and conditions, Select Yes and click
Forward

 Pick the desired ULN Registration option, then click the "Forward" button. In this case
we will pick the register later option.
 Finish the software updates setup next Enter the details for system user if you wants to
create the system users, then click the "Forward" button.

 Adjust the Date and Time settings if necessary, and click the "Forward" Button.
 Accept the default setting on the Kdump screen by clicking the "Finish" button

 Next, you are presented with the login screen. Log in by clicking on the user on the login
screen which you have created in previous screen and continue the procedure,

 After your logged in the system is ready for use. This finishes the installation process.