If You Do Not Have the Autodesk Distribution of Red Hat Enterprise Linux

If you cannot use the Autodesk distribution of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5, you have to modify the regular Red Hat distribution to fit Flame's requirements. You do this using Autodesk's kickstart files.

Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux

The kickstart files tailor the OS to the Flame family requirements. This is done by running a script which takes the original Red Hat Enterprise Linux ISO, adds the kickstart, and outputs a new ISO that you then use to install Linux.

For this you need:

A Linux PC.
The kickstart script, downloaded to the Linux PC. The kickstart is part of the DKU download, available from the Flame system requirements page.
A Standard Subscription (not Self-support) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux x86_64 Workstation, bought from Red Hat.
Note: The only version supported is Red Hat Enterprise Linux x86_64 for Workstation.
The actual ISO disk images for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 x86_64 Workstation. Downloaded from Red Hat on the Linux PC.
A DVD burner and two blank DVDs.

To update the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 installer with the kickstart:

Open a shell as root.
cd to the DKU downloaded from the Flame system requirements page.
cd to the kickstart folder within the DKU.
Run build_kickstart_cd. This adds the kickstart files to the ISO image of your Linux distribution DVD.
```
./build_kickstart_cd redhat6/ks.cfg RHEL6.5.iso RHEL6.5_KS.iso
```
Note: Where RHEL6.5.iso is the actual name and location of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 disk image.
Burn the updated ISO image to a DVD.

To install the RHEL you've updated with the kickstart file:

Power off all storage enclosures connected to the system and disconnect any internal storage drives, keeping connected only the system drives.
Warning: Make sure to disconnect any drive that is not a system drive as the Linux installation formats and partitions the system disk: this deletes all contained data on the system drives.
Set the PC to boot from the optical (DVD) drive. When the HP workstation boots up, press F9at the prompt to enter the Boot menu.
Boot the PC from your new kickstart DVD ISO.
At the RHEL "Welcome" screen, using the arrows keys, select "Install system with a basic video driver" and press the Tab key. This presents the command line with the vmlinuz command and some parameters used to install the OS, for example:
```
vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img
```
Append to the kickstart parameters linux ks=cdrom so that the whole command line looks like:
```
vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img linux ks=cdrom
```
Press Enter to begin the installation. You'll be prompted to set some system settings such as language and time.

Note: If the installation hangs, it may be because the installer doesn't have an appropriate driver for your video card. Try appending text to the vmlinuz command:

vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img linux ks=cdrom text

This runs the installer in non-graphical text-only mode.

When the installation is complete, eject the DVD and reboot. After the system reboots, you may be prompted by the hardware setup utility to set up new hardware detected for your system. You can ignore these prompts and allow the utility's count-down to expire since the hardware for the system is unchanged.
Login as root (password: password).