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.. _multi-boot-rhel:
Install Red Hat\* Enterprise Linux 7.4 Beta
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This guide describes Red Hat-specific details of the :ref:`multi-boot`
tutorial.
#. Start the Red Hat installer and follow the prompts.
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.. figure:: figures/multi-boot-rhel-1.png
Figure 1: Red Hat: Installation summary
Figure 1: Red Hat: Installation summary.
#. In the :guilabel:`Device Selection` section, select a drive on which to
install the OS. See Figure 2.
.. figure:: figures/multi-boot-rhel-2.png
Figure 2: Red Hat: Installation destination
Figure 2: Red Hat: Installation destination.
#. Under the :guilabel:`Other Storage Options` section, choose
:guilabel:`I will configure partitioning`. See Figure 2.
#. Click :guilabel:`Done`.
#. Under :menuselection:`New Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Installation --> New mount points will use the following partitioning scheme` section,
#. Under the :menuselection:`New Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Installation
--> New mount points will use the following partitioning scheme` section,
select :menuselection:`Standard Partition` from the drop down list. See
Figure 3.
.. figure:: figures/multi-boot-rhel-3.png
Figure 3: Red Hat: New partition scheme
Figure 3: Red Hat: New partition scheme.
#. Create a new root partition.
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.. figure:: figures/multi-boot-rhel-4.png
Figure 4: Red Hat: Create new root partition
Figure 4: Red Hat: Create new root partition.
#. Click :guilabel:`Add mount point`.
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.. figure:: figures/multi-boot-rhel-5.png
Figure 5: Red Hat: Configure swap partition
Figure 5: Red Hat: Configure swap partition.
#. Share the EFI partition that was created by |CL|. See Figure 6.
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.. figure:: figures/multi-boot-rhel-6.png
Figure 6: Red Hat: Configure EFI partition
Figure 6: Red Hat: Configure EFI partition.
#. Click :guilabel:`Done`.
#. Follow the remaining prompts to complete the installation of Red Hat.
#. Follow the remaining prompts to complete the Red Hat installation.
#. At this point, the ability to boot |CL| is lost because `Grub`
was set as the default boot loader. Follow these steps to make the |CL|
Systemd-Boot the default boot loader and add Red Hat as a boot option:
#. At this point, you cannot boot |CL| because `Grub` is the default boot
loader. Follow these steps to make the |CL| Systemd-Boot the default boot
loader and add Red Hat as a boot option:
#. Boot into Red Hat.
#. Log in.
#. Get root privilege with the following command:
.. code-block:: console
$ sudo -s
#. Locate Fedoras :file:`grub.cfg` file at the
#. Locate the Red Hat :file:`grub.cfg` file in the
:file:`/boot/efi/EFI/redhat/` directory and look for the primary Red
Hat :guilabel:`menuentry` section. The highlighted lines identify
the kernel and `initrd` filenames, root partition UUID, and
additional parameters used. This information is used to create a
new Systemd-Boot entry for Red Hat. See Figure 7.
Hat :guilabel:`menuentry` section. In Figure 7, the highlighted lines
identify the kernel and `initrd` filenames, root partition UUID, and
additional parameters used. Use this information to create a
new Systemd-Boot entry for Red Hat.
.. figure:: figures/multi-boot-rhel-7.png
Figure 7: Red Hat: grub.cfg
Figure 7: Red Hat: grub.cfg file.
#. Copy the kernel and `initrd` to the EFI partition.
#. Copy the kernel and :file:`initrd` file to the EFI partition.
.. code-block:: console
.. code-block:: bash
# cp /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-663.el7.x86_64 /boot/efi
sudo cp /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-663.el7.x86_64 /boot/efi
# cp /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-663.el7.x86_64.img /boot/efi
sudo cp /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-663.el7.x86_64.img /boot/efi
#. Create a boot entry for Red Hat. The file must, at a minimum, contain
#. Create a boot entry for Red Hat. At a minimum, the file must contain
these settings:
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.. note:: The root partition UUID used below is unique to this example.
.. code-block:: console
.. code-block:: bash
# cd /boot/efi/loader/entries
sudoedit /boot/efi/loader/entries/redhat.conf
# vi redhat.conf
Add the following lines to :file:`redhat.conf`
Add the following lines to the :file:`redhat.conf` file:
.. code-block:: console
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Beta
linux /vmlinuz-3.10.0-663.el7.x86\_64
linux /vmlinuz-3.10.0-663.el7.x86_64
initrd /initramfs-3.10.0-663.el7.x86\_64.img
initrd /initramfs-3.10.0-663.el7.x86_64.img
options root=UUID=30655c74-6cc1-4c55-8fcc-ac8bddcea4db ro
crashkernel=auto rhgb LANG=en\_US.UTF-8
crashkernel=auto rhgb LANG=en_US.UTF-8
#. Re-install Systemd-Boot to make it the default boot loader.
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#. Reboot.
If you want to install other OSes, refer to :ref:`multi-boot` for details.
If you want to install other :abbr:`OSes (operating systems)`, refer to
:ref:`multi-boot` for details.
.. _systemd boot loader documentation: