Changes

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.

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.

{{Tip box|You have some command Line Options that you can use to set some parameters such as LVM (activated by default), SME9 only - software Raid option (none,0,1,5,6). You can use the function keys F1 to F5 to get more information about different boot options. see [[Booting]]}}

{{Tip box|You have some command Line Options that you can use to set some parameters such as LVM (activated by default), '''SME9 only''' - software Raid option (none,0,1,5,6). You can use the function keys F1 to F5 to get more information about different boot options. see [[Booting]]}}

{{Note box|SME9 - When installing SME Server using custom RAID boot options, one '''must''' make sure you enter the correct number of drives. If the installer detects a mismatch between the user entered number of drives and the real number of drives, the installation will result in error messages and will fail. See below bugzilla report.}} [[bugzilla:7529]]

{{Note box|SME9 only - When installing SME Server using custom RAID boot options, one '''must''' make sure you enter the correct number of drives. If the installer detects a mismatch between the user entered number of drives and the real number of drives, the installation will result in error messages and will fail. See below bugzilla report.}} [[bugzilla:7529]]

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.

{{Note box|Hardware that may include an internal tape drive may experience a Installer fail immediately after cd check or skipping cd check, see disconnect the tape drive retry install again }}

{{Note box|Hardware that may include an internal tape drive may experience a Installer fail immediately after cd check or skipping cd check, see disconnect the tape drive retry install again }}

{{Note box|SME9 - If you are configuring your system with RAID1 support, notice that your step 4 below will be slightly different. If you skipped section 5.2 RAID1 Support (Disk Mirroring), it would be advisable to read it before proceeding.}}

{{Note box|SME9 only - If you are configuring your system with RAID1 support, notice that your step 4 below will be slightly different. If you skipped section 5.2 RAID1 Support (Disk Mirroring), it would be advisable to read it before proceeding.}}

'''Step 1''': Insert the USB or CD-ROM media.  

'''Step 1''': Insert the USB or CD-ROM media.