7. Select the type of devices that are involved in the installation, and then click Next.
Note: If the Storage Device Warning window is displayed, click Yes, discard any data. If the message
displays as “At least one existing installation has been detected on your system. What would you like to
do?”, select the option as you desired and then click Next.
8. Type a name for your server. Then click Next.
9. Specify your time zone by selecting the nearest city in your time zone. Then click Next.
10. Personalize the server by typing the root password for the root user account. Then click Next.
Note: If a message prompts you that the password is weak, click Use Anyway.
11. In the “Which type of the installation would you like?” window, select your desired option. The following
steps are based on the scenario that Create Custom Layout is selected in this step and click Next.
12. In the Please Select A Device window, do one of the following to create a partition and then click Next.
• Manually create a root partition (/)
To create a root partition, do the following:
a. Click Create. The Create Storage window is displayed.
b. Select Standard Partition and then click Create.
c. In the Add Partition window, select the forward slash (/) from the Mount Point drop-down list box.
d. Select Ext4 from the File System Type drop-down list box.
e. In the Allowable Drives window, select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the
operating system.
f. Type the amount of space (in MB) in the New Partitions Size window and then click OK.
• Manually create a boot partition (/boot in legacy mode) or (/boot/efi in UEFI mode)
To create a boot partition, do the following:
a. Click Create. The Create Storage window is displayed.
b. Select Standard Partition and then click Create.
c. In the Add Partition window, select /boot in legacy mode or select /boot/efi in UEFI mode from
the Mount Point drop-down list box.
d. Select Ext4 in legacy mode or select EFI System Partition in UEFI mode from the File System
Type drop-down list box.
e. In the Allowable Drives window, select the storage device on which you want to install the
operating system.
f. Type the amount of space (in MB) in the New Partitions Size window and then click OK.
• Manually create a swap partition
To create a swap partition, do the following:
a. Click Create. The Create Storage window is displayed.
b. Select Standard Partition and then click Create.
c. In the Add Partition window, select Swap from the File System Type drop-down list box.
d. In the Allowable Drives window, select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the
operating system.
e. Type the amount of space (in MB) in the New Partitions Size window and then click OK.
Go back to the Partitioner window, the created root partition, boot partition, and swap partition are
displayed. Click Next. The drive partition is finished.
13. In the Format Warnings window, click Format to format the hard disk drive.
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