
$ cat CHECKSUM | grep -E 'SHA256.*dvd.iso' The full DVD ISO image was downloaded from AlmaLinux-8.4-x86_64-dvd.isoįollowed the instructions at Installation instructions to verify the checksum of the downloaded ISO which was succesful in that the SHA256 of the ISO file matched the expected value: $ sha256sum AlmaLinux-8.4-x86_64-dvd.isoĤdd2f7c558bfa34d9a5e71d5add2c77c59fdec58076678a381d9dfd0f9583a51 AlmaLinux-8.4-x86_64-dvd.iso Creation of install media and initial installation.

The installation was performed on a HP Z640 workstation, and to avoid changing the Windows and Ubuntu installations on the existing RAID arrays used a USB external disk as the target for the AlmaLinux installation. Describes notes made about installing AlmaLinux 8, and making customisations as required.
