Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 Operating System Installation Manual page 21

c. Press F10. In the "Pls choose the Driver Update medium" window, locate the disk in which the
drive is located, and then click OK.
d. Select Back to finish loading the driver.
• If your SATA configuration is set as non-RAID, select Installation, and then press Enter.
3. In the Welcome window, select your language and keyboard layout and then select I Agree to the
License Terms. Click Next.
4. In the Media Check window, click Next to go ahead.
Notes: If the operating system is to be installed on the SAN through an iSCSI card, the Disk Activation
window is opened. Do the following:
a. Click Configuration ISCSI Disks to open the ISCSI Initiator Overview window.
b. Ensure that the ISCSI configuration information is correct and then click OK.
c. Click Next.
5. In the Installation Mode window, select New Installation, and then click Next.
6. Verify your region and time zone, and then click Accept ➙ Next.
7. In the Server Base Scenario window, select Physical Machine(Also for Fully Virtualized Guests)
and then click Next.
8. When the Installation Settings window is displayed, create a drive partition as you need.
• Manually create a root partition (/)
To create a root partition, do the following:
a. Click Partitioning and select Custom Partition (for experts). Click Next.
b. In the Expert Partitioner window, select Hard Disks ➙ sda, and then click Add.
c. In the New Partitions Size window, select Custom Size.
d. Type the amount of space (in MB) in the Custom Size field and then click Next.
e. In the Formatting Options area, select Ext3 from the File system drop-down list box.
f. In the Mounting partition area, select the forward slash (/) from the Mount Point drop-down
list box.
g. Click Finish.
• Manually create a boot partition (/boot)
To create a boot partition, do the following:
a. In the Expert Partitioner window, select Hard Disks ➙ sda, and then click Add.
b. In the New Partitions Size window, select Custom Size.
c. Type the amount of space (in MB) in the Custom Size field and then click Next.
d. In the Formatting Options area, select FAT from the File System drop-down list box.
e. In the Mounting partition area, select /boot/efi from the Mount Point drop-down list box.
f. Click Finish.
• Manually create a swap partition
To create a swap partition, do the following:
a. In the Expert Partitioner window, select Hard Disks ➙ sda, and then click Add.
b. In the New Partitions Size window, select Custom Size.
c. Type the amount of space (in MB) in the Custom Size field.
d. In the Format area, select Swap from the File system drop-down list box.
e. In the Formatting Options area, select Swap from the Mount Point drop-down list box.
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