Lenovo ThinkServer TS130 - Page 2

•Ensurethatyouhavepreparedalltherequireditemsbeforeinstallinganoperatingsystem.See“Before
installinganoperatingsystem”onpage1.
•Followtheinstructionsonthescreeninadditiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
Toinstallanoperatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.ConnectthepreparedUSBstoragedevicetotheserver.TheUSBstoragedeviceshouldcontain
requireddevicedriversforyourservermodelandoperatingsystem.
2.Inserttheoperatingsysteminstallationdiscintotheopticaldrivethatyouhavesetastherststartup
device.Then,starttheserverfromtheopticaldrive.
3.PressanykeyonthekeyboardassoonasthemessagePressanykeytobootfromCDisdisplayed.The
Windowssetupinitializationbegins.
Note:IfyourservercongurationisonboardSATAwithoutRAID,gotostep8.
4.PressF6assoonasthemessagePressF6ifyouneed...driverisdisplayedatthebottomofthescreen.
5.WhenthemessageSetupcouldnotdeterminethe...devicesisdisplayed,pressSandfollowthe
instructionsonthescreentoinstalldevicedrivers.
6.WhenthemessageYouhavechosen...isdisplayed,selectLSIEmbeddedMegaRAID(Windows
2003...)andpressEnter.
7.WhenthemessageSetupwillloadsupportforthefollowingmassstoragedevicesisdisplayed,press
Enter.
8.Whenthewelcomewindowisdisplayed,pressEnter.Then,theWindowsLicenseAgreementis
displayed.
9.PressF8toaccepttheWindowsLicenseAgreementandcontinuewiththeinstallation.
10.Whenallharddiskdrivesavailableontheserveraredisplayed,selectadrivepartitiononwhichyou
wanttoinstalltheoperatingsystemandthenpressEnter.
11.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentomakeselectionsuntiltheinstallationprocessbegins.Then,the
drivepartition,whichyouhaveselected,willbeformattedandtheapplicableleswillbecopiedfrom
theoperatingsysteminstallationdisctothedrivepartition.Whentheprocessnishes,theserverwill
restartautomatically.
12.Aftertheserverrestarts,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosettheregionalandlanguageoptions,
enteryournameandlicensekey,anddoothercongurationstocompletetheinstallation.
13.Installotherrequireddevicedrivers.Todownloaddevicedrivers,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers
andfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.
InstallingaMicrosoftWindowsServer2008operatingsystem
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsoninstallingthefollowingoperatingsystems:
•MicrosoftWindowsServer2008FoundationsEdition(x64)
•MicrosoftWindowsServer2008StandardEdition(x86andx64)
•MicrosoftWindowsServer2008EnterpriseEdition(x86andx64)
Notes:
•Ensurethatyouhavepreparedalltherequireditemsbeforeinstallinganoperatingsystem.See“Before
installinganoperatingsystem”onpage1
.
•Followtheinstructionsonthescreeninadditiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
Toinstallanoperatingsystem,dothefollowing:
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