Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 Operating System With Service Pack 3 - Lenovo ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Manual

7. Do one of the following:
• If the server configuration is set as RAID, do the following:
a. In the Where do you want to install Windows? window, connect the USB storage device that
contains the driver to your server and then click Load Driver.
b. When the Load Driver window is displayed, click Browse to go to the folder where the driver
is stored.
c. Click OK. The Select the driver to be installed window is displayed.
d. Select Hide drivers that aren't compatible with the hardware on this computer, and then
select the driver that you want to install on your server. Click Next.
• If the server configuration is set as IDE or AHCI, go to next step.
Note: If the server configuration is set as AHCI, ensure that you install AHCI drivers after operating
system installation. See "Installing the driver for the SATA AHCI" on page 43.
8. In the Where do you want to install Windows? window, click Drive options (advanced).
9. Select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system, and then click New.
10. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply. Click OK if prompted.
11. Select the drive partition on which you want to install the operating system, and then click Next. The
installation begins.
Note: Your server restarts several times during the installation.
12. If the The user's password must be changed before signing in window is displayed, click OK.
13. Follow the instructions on the screen to change the password and then log in to the operating system.
Note: The password must be a combination of upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers.
Installing the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 operating system with
Service Pack 3
This topic provides instructions on how to install the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x32 or x64) operating
system with Service Pack 3.
Before you start the operating system installation, do the following:
1. Download the driver for RAID from the Lenovo Web site to your server. The most up-to-date
device drivers for various server models are always available on the Lenovo Web site at
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, do the following:
1. For server models with the RAID configuration, connect the USB storage device that contains the driver
to your server. For server models with 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:
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