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==Server Booting==
==Server Booting==
This article describes the booting process of SME Server.
===Installation===
===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===
===Boot Options===
You can use the function keys F1 to F5 to get more information about different boot options.
{{Note box|If installing on a i586 machine you will need to replace ''sme'' with ''smei586'' in the following commands.}}
====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====
===More===
===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 [[KnownProblems#Boot_options_for_install|here]].
