Lenovo ThinkServer RD340, Operating System Installation Manual

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f. Type the amount of space (in MB) in the New Partitions Size window and then click OK .
• Manually create a boot partition (/boot)
To create a boot partition, do the following:
a. Click Create . The Create Storage window is displayed.
b. Select Standard Partition and then click Create .
c. In the Add Partition window, select /boot from the Mount Point drop-down list box.
d. Select ext4 from the File System Type drop-down list box.
e. In the Allowable Drivers window, select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the
operating system.
f. Type the amount of space (in MB) in the New Partitions Size window and then click OK .
• Manually create a swap partition
To create a swap partition, do the following:
a. Click Create . The Create Storage window is displayed.
b. Select Standard Partition and then click Create .
c. In the Add Partition window, select swap from the File System Type drop-down list box.
d. In the Allowable Drivers window, select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the
operating system.
e. Type the amount of space (in MB) in the New Partitions Size window and then click OK .
21. In the Format Warnings window, click Format to format the hard disk drive.
22. In the “Writing storage configuration to disk” window, click Write changes to disk .
23. In the “Boot loader operating system list” window, click Next .
24. The default installation is a basic server installation. You can customize your server by selecting a
different set of software from the software list or adding additional repositories that you want to use
for the software installation. Select
Customize now or Customize later . Then, click Next . The
installation process begins.
Notes:
• If you select Customize now , you can select software installation packages of your choice by
clicking Optional packages in the window displayed. Then, click Next .
• When selecting software installation packages, do not select the package named
tboot-1.7.0-2.el6.x86_64 Perfomrms a verified launch using Intel TXT.
25. After the installation is completed, click Reboot to restart your server.
26. The installation continues after the server restarts. In the Welcome window, click Forward .
27. Click Yes, I agree to the License Agreement and then click Forward .
28. In the Set Up Software Updates window, configure the settings as you need, and then click Forward .
29. In the Finish Updates Setup window, click Forward .
30. Set your user name and password and then click Forward .
31. Set your time and date and then click Forward .
32. In the Kdump window, select Enable kdump if you want to enable kdump, and then click Finish
to complete the installation.
Note: When prompted to restart the server, click Yes .
33. Follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system.
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ThinkServer RD340 and RD440 Operating System Installation Guide