Install From USB
Requirements
- Bootable USB Disk - 2GB is sufficient
- SME Image - SME 8 - download it
- USB Disk Creation Software
Note: I'm using Windows 7 - this work on Win7, should work on XP and later
Note: I don't want to use Windows, so multisystem can be used on Linux, like also unetbootin :D
Creating USB stick
- USB Disk In
- Run the Software
- Point to the SME ISO file
Using
In your new Hardware ...
- Boot from USB
- Select Install from Hard Disk
- Choose Partition
- Generally it will be the last partition
- it was /dev/sda1 when no partition, sde1 when I re-installed on the HP Microserver
- I left the path blank
Originally I used pendrivlinux.com, UNetbootin was a lot simpler
Make the USB-key with UNetbootin
- USB Disk In
- Run Unetbootin
- Point to the SME ISO file
- Wait that Unetbooting is finished
- Simply copied the smeserver-8.0-i386.iso into the USB sticks root directory.
Then
- Boot from USB
- Select Install from Hard Disk
- Choose Partition
- Generally it will be the last partition
- it was /dev/sda1 when no partition, sde1 when I re-installed on the HP Microserver
- I left the path blank
Make the USB-key with Multisystem
Multisystem is a useful tool when you want to get several isos on your usb key, see multisystem
The installation is quite easy, drag and drop the iso in the below appropriate place, give the password of the user who needs the sudo right...it is nearly finished.
- USB Disk In
- Run multisystem
- Point to the SME ISO file
- Wait that multisystem is finished
Then
- Boot from USB, select the right O.S you want to start.
- Optional : At boot prompt if you want to give some options to install sme in a particular way, you have to select the SME Server menu and press "e"
Then you need to find the line
linux (loop)/isolinux/vmlinux linux repo=hd:
and insert your option line like this :
linux (loop)/isolinux/vmlinux nolvm ext4 linux repo=hd:
All Booting options can be find in the wiki. once done, you can press ctrl+x or F10 to launch the installation.
- Select Install from Hard Disk
- Choose Partition
- Generally it will be the last partition
- it was /dev/sda1 when no partition, sde1 when I re-installed on the HP Microserver
- I left the path blank
References
- http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
- SME Server USB installer topic in the Contribs forums
- http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/GrubInstallation
Long Live SME ...