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Manual installation

Prerequisites

Before installing an operating system manually, ensure that the operating system installation files are prepared in one of the following forms:

Installing an operating system manually

In the OS Installation interface, select Manual Install and click Next button. The following interface is displayed.

Figure 1. Manual Install interface
Manual Install interface

Do the following to install an operating system manually:
  1. Select the operating system you want to install, select a location to save the drivers, and click Next button.
    Note
    If no USB storage drive is detected, the Save Drivers button is dimmed.
  2. Select Begin the installation and click Next button. The server will boot from the operating system medium and the operating system installation process starts.
    Note
    You also can select Reboot system to restart the server if you want to do other configuration.
  3. Install the operating system manually. To get instructions on how to install a specific operating system manually, do the following:
    1. Go to http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com and navigate to the support page for your server.

    2. Click How-tos & Solutions.

    3. Select an operating system and the installation instructions will be displayed.

  4. After the operating system installation process is completed, install the drivers saved in step 1 by yourself.