Chapter Three Operation System Installation; Manual Installation Of Windows Server 2008 R2 - Inspur NX8840 Manual

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Chapter Three Operation System Installation

This chapter mainly introduces operation system installation of this server:

● Use an operation system disk to boot and install operation system manually

During manual installation of operation system, some operation systems

may need to use ﬂ oppy drive or Inspur U drive disk to load driver of hard drive

controller, as for methods to make floppy drive of driver, users could refer to

readme.pdf ﬁ le under root directory of Inspur system CD driver, for methods to

make Inspur U drive disk and drive load notices, please refer to Inspur U Drive

Disk Manual Instruction.

In drive make interface logging to driver program, user could view and make

controller driver program to be loaded during operation system installation under

related conﬁ guration. Description about operation system installation is based on

a 64-bit system.

As for whether version of operation system you've selected is supported by

conﬁ guration of purchased machine, it is suggested that you should conﬁ rm in advance.

3.1.1 Preparation before Installation

● Windows Server 2008 installation CD (DVD)

● Inspur drive CD

● Hard disk controller drive ﬂ oppy disk

● For the above drives, is a USB ﬂ oppy drive is used, please make driver program

into a ﬂ oppy disk; if an Inspur drive U disk is used, please make driver program into

an Inspur drive U disk; if a normal drive U disk is used during drive make, input drive

occupied by normal U disk and directory to store drive according to hints, to make the

drive to a normal U disk.

3.1.2 Installation Steps

1. Connect USB floppy drive or Inspur U drive disk or normal U drive disk,

power on server, put Windows Server 2008 installation CD into the drive, enter BIOS

for setting, so as to enable server to boot from CD.

2. If system prompts to press any key to confirm to boot installation from

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