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= SME Server 9 and Koozali SME Server 10 =
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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 ==
 
== Requirements ==
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* Bootable USB Disk - 2GB is sufficient
 
* Bootable USB Disk - 2GB is sufficient
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* SME Image of your choice - eg 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]
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* SME Image of your choice - eg SME 9.2 or SME 10.#. See the page [[SME_Server:Download]] for the current images.
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* For Windows:
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** Fedora Live-USB Creator: https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/
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* For Linux:
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** The <tt>dd</tt> command is used from the commandline
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* For OS X:
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** The <tt>dd</tt> command is used from the commandline
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== Creating the USB stick on Windows ==
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* Insert USB Device and note the drive-letter used for it by Windows
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* Fire-up the the Fedora Live-USB Creator
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* Click 'Browse' to use and existing Live CD and select the downloaded SME Server ISO
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* Under 'Target Device' be sure to select the right USB Device
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* Click 'Create Live USB'
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== Creating the USB stick on Linux ==
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* Insert USB device
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* Go to the commandline
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* If the USB device gets automatically mounted, unmount it first.<br />'''PAY ATTENTION! Be sure to use the right device.'''''
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umount /dev/sdX
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: ''Where sdX is your USB device name.
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* 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!!'''''
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dd if=FILENAME.ISO of=/dev/sdX
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sync
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: ''Again where sdX is your USB device name.
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== Creating the USB stick on OS X ==
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* Insert USB Device
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* Start the 'Terminal' program (<tt>Finder → Applications → Utilities</tt>)
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* Find out what device name is your USB stick
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diskutil list
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* Unmount the USB device.<br />'''PAY ATTENTION! Be sure to use the right device.'''''
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diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX
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: ''Where diskX is your USB device name.
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* 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!!'''''
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dd if=FILENAME.ISO of=/dev/diskX conv=sync
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: ''Again where diskX is your USB device name.
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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.
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== Usage ==
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Boot your server from USB device and when you get the 'Installation Method' dialog-box choose: <tt>Harddisk → sda1</tt>
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= SME Server 8 =
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== Requirements ==
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* Bootable USB Disk - 2GB is sufficient
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* 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/
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