Installing Centos; Installing Centos Via Installation Media - Lenovo ThinkSystem HR330A User Manual And Hardware Maintenance Manual

2. Installing CentOS

2.1 Installing CentOS via Installation Media

2.1.1 Preparing CentOS Installation Media
Prepare one USB storage device (8GB) and one SATA drive.
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On a Linux machine, download the latest CentOS ISO file and dd to a USB storage device (>= 8GB)
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$ wget http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/aarch64/CentOS-7-aarch64-Everything-1804.iso
$ dd if= CentOS-7-aarch64-Everything-1804.iso of=/dev/sdX
$ sync
2.1.2 Installing CentOS
Plug the USB device and SATA disk into the board.
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Boot the system to the bootloader menu (Aptio Setup Utility) by pressing "Esc" during system boot-up.
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2.1.2.1 Instructions for Aptio Setup Utility
In the Aptio Setup Utility screen, select the Save & Exit tab then select UEFI: Built-in EFI Shell entry, as highlighted below.
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Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2017 American Megatrends, Inc.
Main Advanced
| Discard Changes and Exit Save
| Changes and Reset Discard Changes
| and Reset
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| Save Options
| Save Changes
| Discard Changes
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| Restore Defaults
Save as User Defaults
Restore User Defaults
| Boot Override
| CentOS (P1: HGST HUS726020ALE610)
| UEFI: PXE boot on MAC: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
| UEFI: PXE boot on MAC: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
| UEFI: PXE boot on MAC: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
| UEFI: UFD 3.0 Silicon-Power8G PMAP
| UEFI: Built-in EFI Shell
Security Boot Save & Exit Server Mgmt
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