Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 Operating System Installation Manual page 24

13. In the Please Select A Device window, do one of the following to create a partition and then click Next.
• Manually create a root partition (/)
To create a root 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 the forward slash (/) 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 boot partition (/boot/efi)
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/efi from the Mount Point drop-down list box.
d. Select EFI System Partition 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.
14. In the Format Warnings window, click Format to format the hard disk drive.
15. In the "Writing storage configuration to disk" window, click Write changes to disk.
16. In the "Boot loader operating system list" window, click Next.
17. 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. You can select software installation packages of
your choice by clicking Optional packages in the window displayed. Then, click Next. The installation
process begins.
Notes:
• When a warning window is displayed, select the option of your choice and then continue with the
installation.
• When you are selecting the software installation packages, ensure that the check box
tboot-1.7.4-1.el6.X86_64 - Perfomrms a verified launch using Intel TXT is cleared.
18. After the installation is completed, click Reboot to restart your server.
19. The installation continues after the server restarts. In the Welcome window, click Forward.
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