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Section 2.2:The EFI Shell 23
listed in the order they are probed. Therefore, fs0 is the system partition on the LS-120, fs1 is the
system partition on the hard drive, and fs2 is the system partition on the CD-ROM.
For additional information on how to determine which devices EFI recognizes, visit this website:
http://developer.intel.com/software/idap/tech/video/efi/efi_shell_3.htm
2.2.2 EFI System Partition
When partitioning your hard drive for Linux, you must create a system partition that is FAT16 (vfat)
formatted and has a mount point of /boot/efi. This partition will contain the installed Linux ker-
nel(s) as well as the elilo configuration file (elilo.conf). The elilo.conf file contains a
list of kernels from which you can boot your system.
2.2.3 Booting the Installation Program
Your Itanium system will probably be able to boot the Red Hat Linux installation program directly
from the Red Hat Linux CD 1. If your Itanium cannot boot the installation program from the CD-ROM
(or if you want to perform a hard drive, NFS image, FTP, or HTTP installation) you’ll need to boot
from a diskette. See Booting the Installation Program from an LS-120 Diskette in Section 2.2.3 for
more information on booting from a diskette.
Booting the Installation Program from the CD-ROM
To boot from Red Hat Linux CD 1 follow these steps:
1. Remove all media except Red Hat Linux CD 1.
2. From the
Boot Option menu choose EFI Shell.
3. At the Shell> prompt, change to the filesystem on the CD-ROM. For example, in the above
sample map output, the system partition on the CD-ROM is fs1. To change to the fs1 filesystem,
you would type fs1: at the prompt.
4. Type elilo linux to boot into the installation program.
5. Go to Chapter 3, Installing Red Hat Linux to begin the installation.
Booting the Installation Program from an LS-120 Diskette
If your Itanium will not boot from Red Hat Linux CD 1, you will need to boot from an LS-120 diskette.
If you want to perform a hard drive, NFS image, FTP, or HTTP installation, you’ll need to boot from
boot LS-120 diskette.