Mounting The Dvd/Cd-Rw Device - MAXDATA PLATINIUM 9000-2R User Manual

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 NOTE

POST checks the drive carriers, processors, memory, keyboard, and most installed peripheral devices.

During the memory test, POST displays the amount of memory it is able to access and test. The

length of time needed to test memory depends on the amount of memory installed. POST is stored

in flash memory.

9. The AMI

BIOS banner displays the loaded versions of the BIOS, PAL, SAL, and EFI.

10. The LSI

banner appears and indicates the recognized drives. Note that a Platform

Configuration EFI based configuration utility is required to enter the LSI SCSI utility. The

LSI

SCSI utility enables you to manage and configure the server's SCSI devices. For

information on the Platform Configuration Tool EFI utility and the screens available in

this utility, see the MAXDATA PLATINUM Server 9000-2R Product Guide.

11. POST concludes and passes control to the Boot Manager.

12. From the Boot Manager, you can use arrow keys to highlight the option that invokes the

EFI Shell, or you can highlight and select the Boot Maintenance Menu. Booting to the EFI

Shell causes the following prompt to appear:

13. Mount the DVD/CD-RW device as block zero. For information on how to mount this

device, see "Mounting the DVD/CD-RW Device" below.

14. Boot the operating system that you want to run on the server.

Mounting the DVD/CD-RW Device

Before you can use the DVD/CD-RW device to read media, you must mount the device. Follow these

steps to mount the DVD/CD-RW device:

1. Be sure that you are in the EFI Shell. You should see the following prompt:

2. Insert media into the DVD/CD-RW drive. The media does not need to contain files.

In order for the mount command in the next step to work, the drive must be loaded with

media.

3. At the shell prompt, enter the following command:

The media in the DVD/CD-RW should get remapped to one of the file systems, i.e., FS0:, FS1:, FS2.

Change to the appropriate file system and enter the following command:

Shell>

mount -r

Setting up the system

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