HP ProLiant Gen8 User Manual page 22

To disable VID, reboot the server and press F9 during POST to access RBSU or UEFI System
Utilities.
• In the RBSU, navigate to Advanced Options > Advanced System ROM Options > Virtual Install
Disk.
• In the UEFI System Utilities, navigate to System Configuration > ROM-Based Setup Utility
(RBSU) > Advanced Options > Advanced System ROM Options > Virtual Install Disk.
In all Linux environments, add linux dd on the command line to provide a driver location only when
installing the OS in special storage devices such as iSCSI and FC LUNs.
In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 installations with a SATA controller, the selected Install Target Device
must be a drive connected to the lowest bay number.
The following table contains information about Linux boot driver parameters.
Linux edition
SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server
Red Hat
Enterprise Linux
6, U3
3. Select the source media from which you are installing the OS. Media types include:
• Disc (default)—A standard bootable OS DVD/CD-ROM media, and virtual media through iLO
• Network share—The network share that contains the OS installation files
• FTP—The FTP server that contains OS installation files.
• USB— The USB flash drive that contains the OS installation files
NOTE:
Both exFAT and FAT-formatted USB drives are supported.
4. If you are installing from a CD/DVD disk or USB drive, insert the media.
5. Click the Continue right arrow to go to the next screen, which varies, depending on the media type.
22 Using Intelligent Provisioning
Issue Solution
Because of a To access the SP2
naming convention drivers in the VID,
conflict between include the updatedir
SUSE Linux kernel parameter for
Enterprise Server the appropriate OS.
11 SP1 and SP2,
the SP2 drivers are
located in a
directory that the
SUSE installer does
not see.
The non-RAID AHCI Enter the following
driver attempts to boot parameters to
attach to the HPE prevent the driver
Dynamic Smart from taking over the
Array B120i controller.
Controller,
preventing logical
drive recognition.
Example
updatedir=
/linux/suse/i386–
sles11.2broken_modules=ahc
i for sles10 and sles11
blacklist=ahci for rhel6