Preface

Table of Contents
An Overview of this Manual
How to Provide Feedback

The Official Red Hat Linux Installation Guide contains most of the information necessary for the successful installation of Red Hat Linux on Alpha and SPARC systems. However, additional information necessary for Alpha and SPARC installations just wouldn't fit in the Official Red Hat Linux Installation Guide; that information is available in this document.

Start the process of installing Red Hat Linux/Alpha or Red Hat Linux/SPARC by reading the Official Red Hat Linux Installation Guide. Pay close attention to the Alpha- or SPARC-specific information it contains. Then review this document, which provides more information for Alpha and SPARC systems. After you're familiar with the Alpha or SPARC information contained in the Official Red Hat Linux Installation Guide and in this manual, you should be ready to begin installing Red Hat Linux on your Alpha or SPARC system.

An Overview of this Manual

This document is written to give you additional information to make your installation of Red Hat Linux/Alpha or Red Hat Linux/SPARC as straightforward as possible. Chapter 1 contains information specifically needed for installing Red Hat Linux on an Alpha-based computer system. Chapter 2 contains information specifically needed for installing Red Hat Linux on a SPARC-based computer system.