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==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.
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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.  
    
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.
 
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.
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  sme raid=[none,0,1,5,6]
 
  sme raid=[none,0,1,5,6]
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{{Note box|msg=For SME Server 9 the option '''sme raid=none''' have a different behaviour since the /boot is always made on a software raid called /dev/md0. All other partitions (/ and swap) are without software raid. (see [[bugzilla:8369]])}}
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* For SME Server 8 raid=none and raid=0 are for no software raid, other arguments are for raid levels (eg Raid1, Raid5, Raid6)
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* For SME Server 9 raid=none is for no software raid, other arguments are for raid levels (eg Raid0, Raid1, Raid5, Raid6)
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{{Note box|msg=For SME Server 9 the option '''sme raid=none''' have a different behaviour since the /boot is always made on a software '''raid 1''' called /dev/md0. All other partitions (/ and swap) are without software raid. (see [[bugzilla:8369]])}}
    
===Set number of spares===
 
===Set number of spares===
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===To install SME without software RAID===
 
===To install SME without software RAID===
 
For example MB with fake raid or with 'Config Disk' issue [[bugzilla:5850]]
 
For example MB with fake raid or with 'Config Disk' issue [[bugzilla:5850]]
  sme raid=0
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  sme raid=none
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{{Note box|msg=For SME Server 9 '''raid=0''' means that the raid level required is 0 (eg : Raid0). If you want no software raid you have to choose '''raid=none'''}}
    
===To install SME without a logical volume manager type===
 
===To install SME without a logical volume manager type===
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  sme ext4
 
  sme ext4
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{{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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To turn off quotas, type
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quotaoff -a
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To make it happen across reboots, edit the command into /etc/rc.local}}
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{{Note box||For SME Server 9 it is no longer needed to set 'sme ext4' to have a ext4 file system since it is the default file system}}
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{{note box|For SME Server 9 it is no longer needed to set '''sme ext4''' to have a ext4 file system since it is the default file system}}
    
===Notes===
 
===Notes===

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