Installing Your Operating System Without Using Easystartup - Lenovo ThinkServer TS100 User Manual

v User Guide: This selection provides information about the features provided by
that version of the EasyStartup program.
v Hardware list: This selection displays a list of hardware devices detected by the
EasyStartup program.
v Install operating system: This selection displays a series of choices and prompts
to collect information required for installation, prepares the hard disk for
installation, and then initiates the installation process using the user-provided
operating-system installation CD or DVD.
v About: This selection displays version information and legal notices.
Typical operating system installation
When you select Install operating system, you will be prompted for information
required for the installation. This section describes the tasks associated with a
typical operating system installation. Each task must be completed in order before
moving to the next task.
v Select operating system: This task enables you to select that operating system
you will be installing.
v Select disk: This task enables you to select the disk where you want to install
the operating system.
Note: The disk that you select must be set as the boot disk in BIOS.
v Partitions options: This task enables you to choose whether you want to
repartition the selected drive or use an existing partition.
v Partition settings: This task enables you to choose the file system type and
define the partition size.
v Installation settings: This task prompts you for user and system settings, time
zone, the operating system product key, and the administrator password.
v Network settings: This task prompts you for domain and workgroup settings,
Ethernet controller type, IP address settings, DNS settings, and WINS address
settings.
v Install applications: This task enables you to run custom commands or scripts
at the end of the installation process, install ThinkServer EasyManage software
to help you manage your servers, and install the ThinkServer EasyUpdate
program to keep your servers up to date.
v Confirm settings: This task enables you to review all of the information you
provided and optionally save the information on a diskette or USB device as a
response file for future installations on similarly configured Lenovo servers.
v Start installation: This task starts the actual installation process. First, the disk is
prepared using the disk and partition information you specified. Then you are
prompted to insert the operating system disk and the operating system is
installed using the information that you specified.

Installing your operating system without using EasyStartup

If you have already configured the server hardware and you are not using the
EasyStartup program to install your operating system, complete the following steps
to download the latest operating-system installation instructions from the Lenovo
Web site:
Note: Changes are made periodically to the Lenovo Web site. The actual procedure
might vary slightly from what is described in this document.
1. Go to: http://www.lenovo.com/support.
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