Lenovo ThinkServer RD340 Operating System Installation Manual page 63

• When prompted, select the option as you need. The following steps are based on the scenario that
you select Fresh installation and then click Next.
9. Type a name for your server. Then, click Next.
10. Specify your time zone by selecting the nearest city in your time zone. Then, click Next.
11. Personalize the server by typing the root password for the root user account. Then, click Next.
Note: If a message prompts you that the password is weak, click Use Anyway.
12. By default, a partition is already selected for you to install the operating system. If you want to create a
partition manually, select the option as you need and then click Next.
Note: The following steps are based on the scenario that Create Custom Layout is selected in this step.
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)
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
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