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  sme
 
  sme
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*Set raid type
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====Set raid type====
 
  sme raid=[none,0,1,5,6]
 
  sme raid=[none,0,1,5,6]
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*Set number of spares, In case you have 3 or more hard disks in your server and don't want to have a spare disk
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====Set number of spares====
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In case you have 3 or more hard disks in your server and don't want to have a spare disk
 
  sme spares=[0-(disks-2)]
 
  sme spares=[0-(disks-2)]
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*Set drive type to include (nominate which drives the installer will use to put the OS onto, not nominating a drive will exclude it from use, if left blank will include all drives)
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====Set drive type to include====
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Nominate which drives the installer will use to put the OS onto, not nominating a drive will exclude it from use, if left blank will include all drives
 
  sme drives=[hda,sda,xvda,...]
 
  sme drives=[hda,sda,xvda,...]
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*Set drives to exclude (nominate which drives the installer will not try to install the OS to eg a boot USB with the iso on it, or other connected backup USB drives, see note below)
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====Set drives to exclude====
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Nominate which drives the installer will not try to install the OS to eg a boot USB with the iso on it, or other connected backup USB drives, see note below
 
  sme exclude= sdc
 
  sme exclude= sdc
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*To install SME without software RAID, eg MB with fake raid or with 'Config Disk' issue [[bugzilla:5850]]
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====To install SME without software RAID====
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For example MB with fake raid or with 'Config Disk' issue [[bugzilla:5850]]
 
  sme raid=0
 
  sme raid=0
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*To install SME without a logical volume manager type
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====To install SME without a logical volume manager type====
 
  sme nolvm
 
  sme nolvm
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*If you want to have /, /tmp, /var, /home/e-smith/files and swap on separate partitions type
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====To have /, /tmp, /var, /home/e-smith/files and swap on separate partitions type====
 
  sme multipart
 
  sme multipart
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*If you have a driver disk type
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====If you have a driver disk type====
 
  sme dd
 
  sme dd
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*Installation hangs and the last screen shown is "Welcome to SME Server".
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====Installation hangs====
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The last screen shown is "Welcome to SME Server".
 
  sme ide=nodma
 
  sme ide=nodma
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*Installation errors when disks previously used with fake raid.
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====Installation errors when disks previously used with fake raid.====
 
  sme ide=nodmraid
 
  sme ide=nodmraid
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*SATA Driver installation error, eg IBM IntelliStation M Pro stalls
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====SATA Driver installation error====
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eg IBM IntelliStation M Pro stalls
 
  sme acpi=off
 
  sme acpi=off
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*Intel DG965 Motherboards (G33xx)
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====Intel DG965 Motherboards (G33xx)====
 
  sme pci=nommconf acpi=off all-generic-ide  
 
  sme pci=nommconf acpi=off all-generic-ide  
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*To enable the [[Booting#Rescue_Mode_Help|rescue mode]] type
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====To enable the [[Booting#Rescue_Mode_Help|rescue mode]] type====
 
  sme rescue
 
  sme rescue
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*To use an ext4 file system (except for /boot) instead of the default ext3.
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====To use an ext4 file system====
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(except for /boot) instead of the default ext3.
 
  sme ext4
 
  sme ext4
 +
 
{{Note box|msg=It is currently advised to turn off quotas (as it will flood your logs) due to an upstream bug: [[bugzilla:6742]].
 
{{Note box|msg=It is currently advised to turn off quotas (as it will flood your logs) due to an upstream bug: [[bugzilla:6742]].
  

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