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http://www.lenovo.com/drivers. Unzip the driver file if necessary. The extension of the driver file is
.img usually.
2. Save the driver file to the root directory, and then type the following commands:
cd/root
mkdir img
mount -oloop *.img
3. A folder named as 01 or 02 is created. Copy the folder to the root directory of a USB storage device.
To install the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 operating system with Service Pack 3 (x64), do the following:
1. If the server configuration is set as RAID, connect the USB storage device that contains the driver to
your server. For other configurations, go to next step.
2. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup
device. Then, start the server from the optical drive.
3. Depending on the configuration, do one of the following:
• If the server configuration is set as onboard RAID, in the welcome window, select Installation and
press E. Type brokenmodules=ahci at the end of linuxefi /boot/x86_64/loader/linux. Then, press
Enter.
• If the server configuration is set as add-on RAID, in the welcome window, select Installation and
press Enter.
• If the operating system is installed on a SAN through an iSCSI card or a FCoE card, in the
welcome window, select Installation and press E. Type driverupdate=1 at the end of linuxefi
/boot/x86_64/loader/linux. Then, press F10. When the Please choose the Driver Update medium
window is displayed, select the folder where the drive is stored, and click OK. When the Please
choose the Driver Update medium window is displayed again, click Back.
• If the server configuration is set as AHCI or IDE, in the welcome window, select Installation and
press Enter.
4. Configure the language, read the license terms, and select I Agree to the License Terms. Then,
click Next.
5. In the Media Check window, click Next.
Note: If the operating system is installed on a SAN through an iSCSI card, click Configuration ISCSI
Disks to check if the iSCSI configuration information is correct. Then, click OK go back to the Disk
Activation window and click Next.
6. In the Installation Mode window, click New Installation, and then click Next.
7. Verify your region and time zone, and then click Accept and Next.
8. In the Server Base Scenario window, select Physical Machine (also for Fully Virtualized Guests)
and then click Next.
9. When the Installation Settings window is displayed, create a drive partition as you need. The following
steps are based on the scenario that a 20 GB root partition, a 1 GB boot partition, and a 1 GB swap
partition are created.
Note: If the operating system is installed on a SAN, ensure that you select the drive on the SAN in the
following steps.
• To create a drive partition, do the following:
a. Click Partitioning and select Custom Partitioning (for experts). Click Next.
b. In the Expert Partitioner window, select Hard Disks ➙ sda in the System view area, and then
click Add.
c. In the New Partition Size window, select Custom Size and type 20GB in the Size area, and
then click Next.
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