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= SME Server 9 and Koozali SME Server 10 =
As of SME Server 9 a hybrid ISO image is used for creating bootable installation media. Note that not all USB Disk Creation software can properly handle this type of image (yet), See [https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey CentOS wiki] for details.
== Requirements ==
* Bootable USB Disk - 2GB is sufficient
* SME Image of your choice - eg SME 9.2 or SME 10.#. See the page [[SME_Server:Download]] for the current images.
* For Windows:
** Fedora Live-USB Creator: https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/
* For Linux:
** The <tt>dd</tt> command is used from the commandline
* For OS X:
** The <tt>dd</tt> command is used from the commandline
== Creating the USB stick on Windows ==
* Insert USB Device and note the drive-letter used for it by Windows
* Fire-up the the Fedora Live-USB Creator
* Click 'Browse' to use and existing Live CD and select the downloaded SME Server ISO
* Under 'Target Device' be sure to select the right USB Device
* Click 'Create Live USB'
== Creating the USB stick on Linux ==
* Insert USB device
* Go to the commandline
* If the USB device gets automatically mounted, unmount it first.<br />'''PAY ATTENTION! Be sure to use the right device.'''''
umount /dev/sdX
: ''Where sdX is your USB device name.
* Write the ISO to the USB device and make sure buffered data is written to disk.<br />'''WARNING! Be sure to pick the right device as you might destroy your system when wrong!!'''''
dd if=FILENAME.ISO of=/dev/sdX
sync
: ''Again where sdX is your USB device name.
== Creating the USB stick on OS X ==
* Insert USB Device
* Start the 'Terminal' program (<tt>Finder → Applications → Utilities</tt>)
* Find out what device name is your USB stick
diskutil list
* Unmount the USB device.<br />'''PAY ATTENTION! Be sure to use the right device.'''''
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX
: ''Where diskX is your USB device name.
* Write the ISO to the USB device and make sure buffered data is written to disk.<br />'''WARNING! Be sure to pick the right device as you might destroy your system when wrong!!'''''
dd if=FILENAME.ISO of=/dev/diskX conv=sync
: ''Again where diskX is your USB device name.
The dd command can take a long time, so be patient. The 670MB image transferred to an older USB 2.0 device took about thirteen (13) minutes.
== Usage ==
Boot your server from USB device and when you get the 'Installation Method' dialog-box choose: <tt>Harddisk → sda1</tt>
= SME Server 8 =
== Requirements ==
== Requirements ==
* Bootable USB Disk - 2GB is sufficient
* Bootable USB Disk - 2GB is sufficient
* SME Image - SME 8 [http://mirror.contribs.org/releases/8/iso/i386/smeserver-i386.iso smeserver-8.0-i386.iso] or [http://mirror.contribs.org/releases/8/iso/x86_64/smeserver-x86_64.iso smeserver-8.0-x86_64.iso]
* SME Image of your choice - eg SME 8.2 [http://mirror.canada.pialasse.com/releases/8.2/iso/i386/smeserver-8.2-i386.iso smeserver-8.2-i386.iso] or [http://mirror.canada.pialasse.com/releases/8.2/iso/x86_64/smeserver-x86_64.iso smeserver-8.2-x86_64.iso]
* USB Disk Creation Software
* USB Disk Creation Software
** http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
** http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
** http://liveusb.info/dotclear/index.php?
** http://liveusb.info/dotclear/index.php?
Note: I'm using Windows 7 - this work on Win7, should work on XP and later<br />
Note: Using Windows 7, should work on XP and later<br />
Note: I don't want to use Windows, so multisystem can be used on Linux, like also unetbootin :D
Note: Multisystem can be used on Windows and/or Linux, as can unetbootin :D
== Creating USB stick ==
== Creating USB stick ==
* USB Disk In
* Insert USB device
* Run the Software
* Run the Software
* Point to the SME ISO file
* Point to the SME ISO file
== Using ==
== Using ==
On your new Hardware ...
# Boot from USB
# Boot from USB
# Select Install from Hard Disk
# Select Install from Hard Disk
# Choose Partition
# 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
** leave the path blank
===Make the USB-key with UNetbootin===
===Make the USB-key with UNetbootin===
{{Note box|5th July 2013: I found that unetbootin-windows-585.exe expanded the smeserver-8.0-i386.iso onto the USB stick (creating the directory structure etc), thus there was no .iso image to be found at the select an image point in the install process. I simply copied the smeserver-8.0-i386.iso into the USB sticks root directory.}}
{{Note box|5th July 2013: I found that unetbootin-windows-585.exe expanded the smeserver-8.0-i386.iso onto the USB stick (creating the directory structure etc), thus there was no .iso image to be found at the select an image point in the install process. I simply copied the smeserver-8.0-i386.iso into the USB sticks root directory.}}
* Run Unetbootin
* Run Unetbootin
* Point to the SME ISO file
* Point to the SME ISO file
* Wait that Unetbooting is finished
* Wait until Unetbooting has finished
* Simply copied the smeserver-8.0-i386.iso into the USB sticks root directory.
* Simply copy the smeserver-8.0-i386.iso into the USB sticks root directory.
Then
Then
* Boot from USB
* Boot from USB
** Generally it will be the last partition
** Generally it will be the last partition
** it was ''/dev/sda1'' when no partition, sde1 when I re-installed on the HP Microserver
** it was ''/dev/sda1'' when no partition, sde1 when I re-installed on the HP Microserver
** I left the path blank
** leave the path blank
{{Warning box| you don't have the boot menu where you can pass special commands on raid, no lvm...}}
{{Warning box| you don't have the boot menu where you can pass special commands on raid, no lvm...}}
* Point to the SME ISO file
* Point to the SME ISO file
* Wait that multisystem is finished
* Wait that multisystem is finished
* Simply copied the smeserver-8.0-i386.iso into the USB sticks root directory.
* Simply copy the smeserver-8.0-i386.iso into the USB sticks root directory.
Then
Then
* Boot from USB, select the right O.S you want to start.
* Boot from USB, select the right O.S you want to start.
** Generally it will be the last partition
** Generally it will be the last partition
** it was ''/dev/sda1'' when no partition, sde1 when I re-installed on the HP Microserver
** it was ''/dev/sda1'' when no partition, sde1 when I re-installed on the HP Microserver
** I left the path blank
** leave the path blank
==References==
==References==
