Lenovo ThinkServer RD440 - Chapter 4. Turning on and turning off the server; Turning on the server; Turning off the server

•Whenprompted,selecttheoptionasyouneed.Thefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothat
youselectFreshinstallationandthenclickNext.
9.Typeanameforyourserver.Then,clickNext.
10.Specifyyourtimezonebyselectingthenearestcityinyourtimezone.Then,clickNext.
11.Personalizetheserverbytypingtherootpasswordfortherootuseraccount.Then,clickNext.
Note:Ifamessagepromptsyouthatthepasswordisweak,clickUseAnyway.
12.Bydefault,apartitionisalreadyselectedforyoutoinstalltheoperatingsystem.Ifyouwanttocreatea
partitionmanually,selecttheoptionasyouneedandthenclickNext.
Note:ThefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothatCreateCustomLayoutisselectedinthisstep.
13.InthePleaseSelectADevicewindow,dooneofthefollowingtocreateapartitionandthenclickNext.
•Manuallycreatearootpartition(/)
Tocreatearootpartition,dothefollowing:
a.ClickCreate.TheCreateStoragewindowisdisplayed.
b.SelectStandardPartitionandthenclickCreate.
c.IntheAddPartitionwindow,selecttheforwardslash(/)fromtheMountPointdrop-downlistbox.
d.Selectext4fromtheFileSystemTypedrop-downlistbox.
e.IntheAllowableDriverswindow,selecttheharddiskdriveonwhichyouwanttoinstallthe
operatingsystem.
f.T ypetheamountofspace(inMB)intheNewPartitionsSizewindowandthenclickOK.
•Manuallycreateabootpartition(/boot)
Tocreateabootpartition,dothefollowing:
a.ClickCreate.TheCreateStoragewindowisdisplayed.
b.SelectStandardPartitionandthenclickCreate.
c.IntheAddPartitionwindow,select/boot/efifromtheMountPointdrop-downlistbox.
d.SelectEFISystemPartitionfromtheFileSystemTypedrop-downlistbox.
e.IntheAllowableDriverswindow,selecttheharddiskdriveonwhichyouwanttoinstallthe
operatingsystem.
f.T ypetheamountofspace(inMB)intheNewPartitionsSizewindowandthenclickOK.
•Manuallycreateaswappartition
Tocreateaswappartition,dothefollowing:
a.ClickCreate.TheCreateStoragewindowisdisplayed.
b.SelectStandardPartitionandthenclickCreate.
c.IntheAddPartitionwindow,selectswapfromtheFileSystemTypedrop-downlistbox.
d.IntheAllowableDriverswindow,selecttheharddiskdriveonwhichyouwanttoinstallthe
operatingsystem.
e.Typetheamountofspace(inMB)intheNewPartitionsSizewindowandthenclickOK.
14.IntheFormatWarningswindow,clickFormattoformattheharddiskdrive.
15.Inthe“Writingstorageconfigurationtodisk”window,clickWritechangestodisk.
16.Inthe“Bootloaderoperatingsystemlist”window,clickNext.
17.Thedefaultinstallationisabasicserverinstallation.Y oucancustomizeyourserverbyselectinga
differentsetofsoftwarefromthesoftwarelistoraddingadditionalrepositoriesthatyouwanttouse
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