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sme spares=[0-(disks-2)]
sme spares=[0-(disks-2)]
*Set drive type
*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)
sme drives=[hda,sda,xvda,...]
sme drives=[hda,sda,xvda,...]
*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)
sme exclude= sdc
*To install SME without software RAID, eg MB with fake raid or with 'Config Disk' issue [[bugzilla:5850]]
*To install SME without software RAID, eg MB with fake raid or with 'Config Disk' issue [[bugzilla:5850]]
the next highest raid level (ex. 5 drives, 2 spares, raid 6 will fail back to
the next highest raid level (ex. 5 drives, 2 spares, raid 6 will fail back to
raid 5 as 5-2=3 useable drives).
raid 5 as 5-2=3 useable drives).
From SME ISO releases 7.5.1 and SME 8.0beta6 the installer will automatically exclude the drive containing the install media or ks files. Refer http://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,46866.msg230681.html#msg230681
====General Boot Help====
====General Boot Help====
