Oracle Linux 6.4 Bootable disk?

Hello, I am about to download Oracle Linux 6.4 and install it on a 32 bit computer.
How can I make a bootable disk so when I reboot this computer it goes straight into the install process?
Do I download Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 4 for x86 (32 Bit) and then download Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 4 Boot iso image for x86 (32 bit)?
Do i burn the content of the Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 4 Boot iso image for x86 (32 bit) on the same disk as the  Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 4 for x86 (32 Bit)?
Can someone please tell me how to do this?

Installing a 32-bit OS on reasonable and recent hardware does not make sense. It will only limit your addressable memory and disk space for no good reason.
Anyway, you need to download the binary software distribution image, which is about 2 - 4 GB. You do not need the boot or source media.
Before burning the DVD, make sure to verify the checksum of the downloaded ISO image. It is not unlikely that the download is corrupted and won't work properly.
You can find the checksum value when clicking the View Digest button on the E-Delivery software download web page.
Under Microsoft Windows, see the following knowledgebase article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841290
Under Linux and Mac OS X, enter the following at the system command prompt (Terminal):
openssl sha1 name.iso
The checksum must match!
To burn the iso image to DVD:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Burn-a-CD-or-DVD-from-an-ISO-file
For information using Apple Mac OS X and older versions of MS Windows:
http://www.wikihow.com/Burn-ISO-Files-to-DVD
And last not least, remember to set the media startup priorities of you computer BIOS accordingly: Floppy, DVD, Harddrive, Network.

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    Nov  1 11:03:05 localhost kernel:  BIOS-e820: 000000007f34c000 - 000000007f800000 (ACPI NVS)
    Nov  1 11:03:05 localhost kernel:  BIOS-e820: 0000000080000000 - 0000000090000000 (reserved)
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    Nov  1 11:03:06 localhost kernel: No AGP bridge found
    Nov  1 11:03:06 localhost kernel: last_pfn = 0x6080000 max_arch_pfn = 0x400000000
    Nov  1 11:03:07 localhost hcid[5810]: Bluetooth HCI daemon
    Nov  1 11:03:07 localhost hcid[5810]: Register path:/org/bluez fallback:1
    Nov  1 11:03:07 localhost sdpd[5814]: Bluetooth SDP daemon
    Nov  1 11:03:07 localhost kernel: x86 PAT enabled: cpu 0, old 0x7040600070406, new 0x7010600070106
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    Nov  1 11:03:07 localhost kernel: RAMDISK: 3795a000 - 37ff0000
    Nov  1 11:03:08 localhost kernel: ACPI: RSDP 00000000000f0490 00024 (v02 ACRSYS)
    Nov  1 11:03:08 localhost kernel: ACPI: XSDT 000000007dfa6090 0009C (v01 ACRSYS ACRPRDCT 00000001 AMI  00010013)
    Nov  1 11:03:08 localhost kernel: ACPI: FACP 000000007dfafb10 000F4 (v04 ACRSYS ACRPRDCT 00000001 AMI  00010013)
    Nov  1 11:03:08 localhost kernel: ACPI: DSDT 000000007dfa61b8 09956 (v02 ACRSYS ACRPRDCT 00000000 INTL 20091112)
    Nov  1 11:03:08 localhost kernel: ACPI: FACS 000000007e23df80 00040
    Nov  1 11:03:08 localhost kernel: ACPI: APIC 000000007dfafc08 00224 (v03 ACRSYS ACRPRDCT 00000001 AMI  00010013)
    Nov  1 11:03:08 localhost kernel: ACPI: FPDT 000000007dfafe30 00044 (v01 ACRSYS ACRPRDCT 00000001 AMI  00010013)
    Nov  1 11:03:08 localhost kernel: ACPI: SRAT 000000007dfafe78 004B0 (v01 A M I  AMI SRAT 00000001 AMI. 00000000)
    Nov  1 11:03:08 localhost kernel: ACPI: SLIT 000000007dfb0328 00030 (v01 A M I  AMI SLIT 00000000 AMI. 00000000)
    Nov  1 11:03:08 localhost kernel: ACPI: HPET 000000007dfb0358 00038 (v01 ACRSYS ACRPRDCT 00000001 AMI. 00000005)
    Nov  1 11:03:08 localhost kernel: ACPI: PRAD 000000007dfb0390 000BE (v02 PRADID  PRADTID 00000001 MSFT 04000000)
    Nov  1 11:03:08 localhost kernel: ACPI: SPMI 000000007dfb0450 00040 (v05 A M I   OEMSPMI 00000000 AMI. 00000000)
    Nov  1 11:03:08 localhost kernel: ACPI: SSDT 000000007dfb0490 6B344 (v02  INTEL    CpuPm 00004000 INTL 20091112)
    Nov  1 11:03:08 localhost kernel: ACPI: EINJ 000000007e01b7d8 00130 (v01    AMI AMI EINJ 00000000      00000000)
    Nov  1 11:03:08 localhost kernel: ACPI: ERST 000000007e01b908 00230 (v01  AMIER AMI ERST 00000000      00000000)
    Nov  1 11:03:08 localhost kernel: ACPI: HEST 000000007e01bb38 000A8 (v01    AMI AMI HEST 00000000      00000000)
    Nov  1 11:03:08 localhost kernel: ACPI: BERT 000000007e01bbe0 00030 (v01    AMI AMI BERT 00000000      00000000)
    Nov  1 11:03:08 localhost kernel: ACPI: DMAR 000000007e01bc10 00178 (v01 A M I   OEMDMAR 00000001 INTL 00000001)
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    Nov  1 11:03:09 localhost kernel: Initmem setup node 0 0000000000000000-0000006080000000
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    Nov  1 11:03:09 localhost kernel:   DMA32    0x00001000 -> 0x00100000
    Nov  1 11:03:09 localhost kernel:   Normal   0x00100000 -> 0x06080000
    Nov  1 11:03:09 localhost kernel: Movable zone start PFN for each node
    Nov  1 11:03:09 localhost kernel: early_node_map[3] active PFN ranges
    Nov  1 11:03:09 localhost kernel:     0: 0x00000010 -> 0x0000009a
    Nov  1 11:03:09 localhost kernel:     0: 0x00000100 -> 0x0007df4c
    Nov  1 11:03:09 localhost kernel:     0: 0x00100000 -> 0x06080000
    Nov  1 11:03:10 localhost kernel: ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x408
    Nov  1 11:03:10 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x00] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:10 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x02] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:10 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x04] lapic_id[0x04] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:10 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x06] lapic_id[0x06] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:10 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x08] lapic_id[0x08] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:10 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x0a] lapic_id[0x0a] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:10 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x0c] lapic_id[0x0c] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:10 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x0e] lapic_id[0x0e] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:10 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x10] lapic_id[0x20] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:10 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x12] lapic_id[0x22] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:10 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x14] lapic_id[0x24] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:10 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x16] lapic_id[0x26] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:10 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x18] lapic_id[0x28] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:11 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x1a] lapic_id[0x2a] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:11 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x1c] lapic_id[0x2c] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:11 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x1e] lapic_id[0x2e] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:11 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:11 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x03] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:11 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x05] lapic_id[0x05] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:12 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x07] lapic_id[0x07] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:12 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x09] lapic_id[0x09] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:12 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x0b] lapic_id[0x0b] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:12 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x0d] lapic_id[0x0d] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:12 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x0f] lapic_id[0x0f] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:12 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x11] lapic_id[0x21] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:13 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x13] lapic_id[0x23] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:13 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x15] lapic_id[0x25] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:13 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x17] lapic_id[0x27] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:13 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x19] lapic_id[0x29] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:13 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x1b] lapic_id[0x2b] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:13 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x1d] lapic_id[0x2d] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:13 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x1f] lapic_id[0x2f] enabled)
    Nov  1 11:03:13 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:13 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x02] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:13 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x04] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:13 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x06] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:13 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x08] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:13 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0a] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:13 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0c] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:13 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0e] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:13 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x10] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:13 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x12] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:14 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x14] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:14 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x16] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:14 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x18] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:14 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x1a] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:14 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x1c] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:14 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x1e] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:14 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:14 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x03] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:14 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x05] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:14 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x07] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:14 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x09] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:14 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0b] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:14 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0d] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:14 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x0f] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:14 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x11] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:14 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x13] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:14 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x15] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:14 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x17] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:14 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x19] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:15 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x1b] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:15 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x1d] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:15 localhost kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x1f] high edge lint[0x1])
    Nov  1 11:03:15 localhost hidd[5960]: Bluetooth HID daemon
    Nov  1 11:03:15 localhost kernel: ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x00] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
    Nov  1 11:03:15 localhost kernel: IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 0, version 32, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
    Nov  1 11:03:15 localhost kernel: ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x02] address[0xfec01000] gsi_base[24])
    Nov  1 11:03:15 localhost kernel: IOAPIC[1]: apic_id 2, version 32, address 0xfec01000, GSI 24-47
    Nov  1 11:03:15 localhost kernel: ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x03] address[0xfec40000] gsi_base[48])
    Nov  1 11:03:15 localhost kernel: IOAPIC[2]: apic_id 3, version 32, address 0xfec40000, GSI 48-71
    Nov  1 11:03:15 localhost kernel: ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
    Nov  1 11:03:15 localhost kernel: ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high level)
    Nov  1 11:03:15 localhost kernel: Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
    Nov  1 11:03:15 localhost kernel: ACPI: HPET id: 0x8086a701 base: 0xfed00000
    Nov  1 11:03:15 localhost kernel: SMP: Allowing 32 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs
    Nov  1 11:03:16 localhost kernel: PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000000009a000 - 000000000009b000
    Nov  1 11:03:16 localhost kernel: PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000000009b000 - 00000000000a0000
    Nov  1 11:03:16 localhost kernel: PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000a0000 - 00000000000e0000
    Nov  1 11:03:16 localhost kernel: PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000
    Nov  1 11:03:16 localhost kernel: PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000007df4c000 - 000000007df89000
    Nov  1 11:03:16 localhost kernel: PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000007df89000 - 000000007e01c000
    Nov  1 11:03:16 localhost kernel: PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000007e01c000 - 000000007e240000
    Nov  1 11:03:16 localhost kernel: PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000007e240000 - 000000007f34c000
    Nov  1 11:03:16 localhost kernel: PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000007f34c000 - 000000007f800000
    Nov  1 11:03:16 localhost kernel: PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000007f800000 - 0000000080000000
    Nov  1 11:03:16 localhost kernel: PM: Registered nosave memory: 0000000080000000 - 0000000090000000
    Nov  1 11:03:16 localhost kernel: PM: Registered nosave memory: 0000000090000000 - 00000000fed1c000
    Nov  1 11:03:16 localhost kernel: PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000fed1c000 - 00000000fed40000
    Nov  1 11:03:16 localhost kernel: PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000fed40000 - 00000000ff000000
    Nov  1 11:03:16 localhost kernel: PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000ff000000 - 0000000100000000
    Nov  1 11:03:16 localhost automount[5994]: lookup_read_master: lookup(nisplus): couldn't locate nis+ table auto.master
    Nov  1 11:03:16 localhost kernel: Allocating PCI resources starting at 90000000 (gap: 90000000:6ed1c000)
    Nov  1 11:03:16 localhost kernel: Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware
    Nov  1 11:03:17 localhost kernel: setup_percpu: NR_CPUS:4096 nr_cpumask_bits:32 nr_cpu_ids:32 nr_node_ids:1
    Nov  1 11:03:17 localhost kernel: PERCPU: Embedded 26 pages/cpu @ffff88607f200000 s77440 r8192 d20864 u131072
    Nov  1 11:03:17 localhost kernel: Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 99271377
    Nov  1 11:03:17 localhost kernel: Policy zone: Normal
    Nov  1 11:03:17 localhost kernel: Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/mapper/lun_osp3 rhgb  quiet numa=off
    Nov  1 11:03:17 localhost kernel: PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
    Nov  1 11:03:17 localhost kernel: xsave/xrstor: enabled xstate_bv 0x7, cntxt size 0x340
    Nov  1 11:03:17 localhost kernel: Checking aperture...
    Nov  1 11:03:17 localhost kernel: No AGP bridge found
    Nov  1 11:03:17 localhost kernel: Queued invalidation will be enabled to support x2apic and Intr-remapping.
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    Nov  1 11:03:18 localhost kernel: Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.39-300.26.1.el5uek #1
    Nov  1 11:03:19 localhost kernel: Call Trace:
    Nov  1 11:03:19 localhost kernel:  [<ffffffff811147dd>] bad_page+0x9d/0x120
    Nov  1 11:03:19 localhost gpm[6080]: *** info [startup.c(95)]:
    Nov  1 11:03:19 localhost kernel:  [<ffffffff81114923>] free_pages_prepare+0xc3/0x100
    Nov  1 11:03:19 localhost gpm[6080]: Started gpm successfully. Entered daemon mode.
    Nov  1 11:03:19 localhost kernel:  [<ffffffff81118a82>] __free_pages_ok+0x32/0xf0
    Nov  1 11:03:19 localhost kernel:  [<ffffffff81118b60>] __free_pages+0x20/0x30
    Nov  1 11:03:19 localhost kernel:  [<ffffffff815045b6>] __free_pages_bootmem+0x66/0x90
    Nov  1 11:03:19 localhost kernel:  [<ffffffff819f13c1>] __free_pages_memory+0x101/0x170
    Nov  1 11:03:19 localhost kernel:  [<ffffffff819f1487>] free_all_memory_core_early+0x57/0x70
    Nov  1 11:03:19 localhost kernel:  [<ffffffff81514605>] ? bad_to_user+0x76f/0x76f
    Nov  1 11:03:19 localhost avahi-daemon[6171]: Found user 'avahi' (UID 70) and group 'avahi' (GID 70).
    Nov  1 11:03:19 localhost kernel:  [<ffffffff819e41a7>] numa_free_all_bootmem+0x87/0xa0
    Nov  1 11:03:19 localhost avahi-daemon[6171]: Successfully dropped root privileges.
    Nov  1 11:03:20 localhost kernel:  [<ffffffff819e227b>] mem_init+0x3b/0x110
    Nov  1 11:03:20 localhost avahi-daemon[6171]: avahi-daemon 0.6.16 starting up.
    Nov  1 11:03:20 localhost kernel:  [<ffffffff819c4140>] ? early_idt_handlers+0x140/0x140
    Nov  1 11:03:20 localhost avahi-daemon[6171]: WARNING: No NSS support for mDNS detected, consider installing nss-mdns!
    Nov  1 11:03:20 localhost kernel:  [<ffffffff819c4140>] ? early_idt_handlers+0x140/0x140
    Nov  1 11:03:20 localhost kernel:  [<ffffffff819c4779>] mm_init+0x9/0x20
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    Nov  1 11:03:20 localhost kernel:  [<ffffffff819c4ec5>] start_kernel+0x145/0x390

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