Chapter 3. Installing an operating system in legacy mode
This chapter provides information about installing operating systems in legacy mode.
Before installing an operating system in legacy mode
Before installing an operating system in legacy mode, do the following:
1. Perform the operations in Chapter 2 “Before installing an operating system” on page 3.
2. Start the Setup Utility program.
3. On the Boot Manager menu, select Miscellaneous Boot Settings and press Enter.
4. On the Storage OpROM policy menu, select Legacy only.
Installing a Microsoft Windows 7 operating system
This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Edition (x86 and x64) with Service Pack 1
• Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (x86 and x64) with Service Pack 1
To install a Microsoft Windows 7 operating system, do the following:
1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup
device. Connect the USB storage device that contains the driver for the onboard SATA software RAID
(or installed RAID card if your server is installed with a RAID card) to your server. Then, start the server
from the optical drive.
2. If the message Press any key to boot from cd is displayed, press any key. If the message Windows Setup
[EMS Enabled] is displayed, press Enter. Wait several minutes for the system to load the files.
3. If the Windows 7 installation window is displayed, configure the language and other options as you need
and then click Next.
4. If the Install now window is displayed, click Install now.
5. When the Load Driver window is displayed, browse to the folder where the driver is stored, and click OK.
The “Select the driver to install” window is displayed
6. Select Hide drivers that are not compatible with hardware on this computer. Then, click Next.
7. Select the operating system that you want to install. Then, click Next.
8. Read the license terms and select I accept the license terms. Then, click Next.
9. If the “Which type of installation do you want?” window is displayed, select the type of installation as you
need. The following steps are based on the scenario that Custom (Advanced) is selected in this step.
10. In the “Where do you want to install Windows?” window, click Drive options (advanced).
11. Select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system, and then click New.
12. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply.
13. When the Install Windows dialog box is displayed, click OK ➙ Next. The installation begins.
Note: Your server will restart several times during the installation.
14. Type your user name and password when prompted.
Note: The password must consist of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and digits.
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