Tips for those installing RH7.0

[david at thekramers.net (David Kramer)]

I don't remember if previous versions had this problem.  When formatting
the hard drive, there is no progress report.  This is more of a problem
than it used to be because (1) drives are quieter than they used to be
and (2) drives are MUCH bigger than they used to be.

So my two hard-drive related tips are:
(1) Partition and format the drive ahead of time.  If you have an
existing box and are installing a new hard drive  to put the upgrade on
(my situation), bring down your server and install the hard drive. 
Bring it back up. Format it at your leasure.  Then, when you do the
install, you decrease your downtime by an hour or more.

(2) If you don't do (1), when it says it's formatting, flip to text
screen 1 by pressing <CTL><ALT><F1>, where you will see the output of
the format command, complete with progress report. When done, press
<ALT><F7> to get back to the graphics mode.
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