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| ==Server Booting== | | ==Server Booting== |
− | | + | This article describes the booting process of SME Server. |
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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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| + | 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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| ===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.}} |
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| + | ====Installer Boot Options==== |
| + | *To install SME without software RAID type |
| + | sme noraid |
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| + | *To install SME without a logical volume manager type |
| + | sme nolvm |
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| + | *If you are sure you want only RAID 1 you can force the installer to do so by typing |
| + | sme raid1 |
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| + | *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 |
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| + | *If you want to have /, /tmp, /var, /home/e-smith/files and swap on seperate partitions type |
| + | sme multipart |
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| + | *If you have a driver disk type |
| + | sme dd |
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| + | *To enable the rescue mode type |
| + | sme rescue |
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| + | ====General Boot Help==== |
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| ===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]]. |
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