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To pass options to modules, you will need to use the noprobe mode to disable PCI autoprobing. When the installer asks for your device type that needs an option or parameter passed to it, there will be a place to type those in at that time. | To pass options to modules, you will need to use the noprobe mode to disable PCI autoprobing. When the installer asks for your device type that needs an option or parameter passed to it, there will be a place to type those in at that time. | ||
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| + | ====Rescue Mode Help==== | ||
| + | The installer includes a rescue mode which can be used when a system does not boot properly. The rescue mode includes many useful utilities (editor, hard drive and RAID tools, etc.) which will allow one to restore a system to a working state. | ||
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| + | To enter the rescue mode, boot your system from the installation CD-ROM and type: | ||
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Revision as of 11:52, 20 September 2008
Server Booting
This article describes the booting process of SME Server.
Installation
When booting from the installation CD you will get a boot prompt where you can simply press enter to start the standard installation (or upgrade) routine. On i586 (e.g. VIA C3) based machines type smei586 and press enter.
After showing the boot prompt for some time SME will start the installation process automatically. It will then afford you the opportunity to test the installation medium.
Boot Options
You can use the function keys F1 to F5 to get more information about different boot options.
Installer Boot Options
- To install SME without software RAID type
sme noraid
- To install SME without a logical volume manager type
sme nolvm
- If you are sure you want only RAID 1 you can force the installer to do so by typing
sme raid1
- In case you have 3 or more hard disks in your server and don't want to have a spare disk you can type
sme nospare
- If you want to have /, /tmp, /var, /home/e-smith/files and swap on seperate partitions type
sme multipart
- If you have a driver disk type
sme dd
- To enable the rescue mode type
sme rescue
General Boot Help
Certain hardware configurations may have trouble with the automatic hardware detection done during the installation. If you experience problems during the installation, restart the installation adding the noprobe option. With the standard installation that would be
sme noprobe
or e.g. if you don't want a software RAID:
sme noraid noprobe
and so on.
Kernel Parameter Help
Some kernel parameters can be specified on the command line and will be passed to the kernel. This does not include options to modules such as ethernet cards or devices such as CD-ROM drives.
To pass an option to the kernel use the following format:
sme <options>
If a different installation mode is desired, enter it after the option(s).
For example, to install on a system with 128MB of RAM using noprobe mode, type the following:
sme mem=128M noprobe
To pass options to modules, you will need to use the noprobe mode to disable PCI autoprobing. When the installer asks for your device type that needs an option or parameter passed to it, there will be a place to type those in at that time.
Rescue Mode Help
The installer includes a rescue mode which can be used when a system does not boot properly. The rescue mode includes many useful utilities (editor, hard drive and RAID tools, etc.) which will allow one to restore a system to a working state.
To enter the rescue mode, boot your system from the installation CD-ROM and type:
sme rescue
More
Some problems with booting that cannot or will not be fixed through development of SME7 and solutions how to bypass them can be found here.
