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− | = SME Server 9 = | + | = 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). | + | |
| + | 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. |
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| == Requirements == | | == Requirements == |
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| * Bootable USB Disk - 2GB is sufficient | | * Bootable USB Disk - 2GB is sufficient |
− | * SME Image of your choice - eg SME 9 RC1 [http://mirror.contribs.org/releases/testing/9/iso/i386/smeserver-9.0rc1-i386.iso smeserver-9.0rc1-i386.iso] or [http://mirror.contribs.org/releases/testing/9/iso/x86_64/smeserver-9.0rc1-x86_64.iso smeserver-9.0rc1-x86_64.iso]. See the page [[SME_Server:Download]] for the current images. | + | * SME Image of your choice - eg SME 9.2 or SME 10.#. See the page [[SME_Server:Download]] for the current images. |
| * For Windows: | | * For Windows: |
− | ** Fedora Live-USB Creator: https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/ | + | ** Fedora Live-USB Creator: https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/ |
| * For Linux: | | * For Linux: |
| ** The <tt>dd</tt> command is used from the commandline | | ** The <tt>dd</tt> command is used from the commandline |
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| == Creating the USB stick on Windows == | | == Creating the USB stick on Windows == |
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| * Insert USB Device and note the drive-letter used for it by Windows | | * Insert USB Device and note the drive-letter used for it by Windows |
| * Fire-up the the Fedora Live-USB Creator | | * Fire-up the the Fedora Live-USB Creator |
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| == Creating the USB stick on Linux == | | == Creating the USB stick on Linux == |
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| * Insert USB device | | * Insert USB device |
| * Go to the commandline | | * Go to the commandline |
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| : ''Where diskX is your USB device name. | | : ''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!!''''' | | * 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 | + | dd if=FILENAME.ISO of=/dev/diskX conv=sync |
− | sync
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| : ''Again where diskX is your USB device name. | | : ''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 == | | == Usage == |
| Boot your server from USB device and when you get the 'Installation Method' dialog-box choose: <tt>Harddisk → sda1</tt> | | 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 = | | = SME Server 8 = |
| == Requirements == | | == Requirements == |
| * Bootable USB Disk - 2GB is sufficient | | * Bootable USB Disk - 2GB is sufficient |
− | * 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] | + | * 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/ |