Install Oracle Linux 7.0 OS Manually Using Local or Remote
Media
This procedure describes how to install the
Oracle Linux OS 7.0 from local or remote media. The
procedure assumes that you are booting the Oracle Linux
installation media from one of the following sources:
If you are booting the installation media from a PXE environment, refer to
Install Oracle
Linux 6.6, or 7.0 Using PXE Network Boot for instructions.
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Ensure that the installation media is available to boot.
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For an ISO image on a DVD,
insert the DVD into the local or remote DVD-ROM drive.
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For an ISO image on the
network, ensure that the ISO image is available and that
the Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus application has mounted
the ISO image.
For additional information about how to set up the installation
media, see Selecting the Boot Media Option.
For additional information about how to set up the installation media, see
Selecting the
Boot Media Option.
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Reset or power on the server.
For example, do one of the following:
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From the local server, press
the Power button (approximately 1 second) on the front panel of the
server to power off the server, then press the Power button again to
power on the server.
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From the Oracle ILOM web
interface, click Host Management → Power Control
, select Reset from the Select Action list box, then click
Save.
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From the Oracle ILOM CLI, type:
reset /System
The server begins the boot process and the BIOS screen appears.
Note -
The next event occurs very quickly; therefore, focused attention is
needed for the following steps. Watch carefully for these messages as
they appear on the screen for a brief time. You might want to enlarge
the size of your screen to eliminate scroll bars.
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In the BIOS screen, press the F8 key to specify a
temporary boot device for the Linux OS installation.
[Boot Pop Up Menu Selected] appears at the bottom of
the BIOS screen, and then the Please Select Boot Device menu appears. The
screen that appears will differ depending on whether you have the UEFI/BIOS
Boot Mode configured for Legacy BIOS or UEFI.
Note -
The Please Select Boot Device menu that appears in your installation
might differ depending on the type of disk controller and other
hardware, such as PCIe network cards, installed in your server.
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In the Please Select Boot Device menu, select the menu item according to
the Linux OS media installation method and the BIOS mode you elected to use,
then press Enter.
For example:
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If you elected to use the Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus
application delivery method in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode, select
USB:SUN from the Legacy BIOS screen.
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If you elected to use the Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus
application delivery method in UEFI Boot Mode, select
[UEFI]USB:SUN from the UEFI screen.
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The next screen displayed by the installation program depends on whether
you selected the Legacy BIOS Boot Mode or the UEFI Boot Mode.
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If you selected Legacy BIOS Boot Mode, the Welcome to Oracle Linux
Server boot screen appears.
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If you selected UEFI Boot Mode, the Booting Oracle Linux Server
boot screen appears.
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For the purposes of this installation, do one of the following:
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If you elected to do the installation in the Legacy BIOS Boot
Mode, accept the default and press Enter.
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If you elected to do the installation in the UEFI Boot Mode, press
Enter or allow the screen to timeout.
The Disc Found screen appears. From this screen, you can choose whether to
test the media before doing the install.
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If this is the first time that you are doing an install from this media,
you should consider selecting OK to test the media;
otherwise, select Skip and press Enter.
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If you have used this disk to do installs before, select Skip;
otherwise select OK and test the disk.
The Oracle Linux 7.0 splash screen appears.
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Proceed with Oracle Linux 7.0 installation instructions, which are located
at the Oracle Linux 7.0 Product Documentation Library: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E52668_01.
Note -
Oracle Linux 7.0 contains new features and functionality that will
produce behavior and results that vary from Oracle Linux 6.x. Please
proceed carefully with your installation.
When the installation is complete, the server reboots and the BIOS screen
appears.
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To access the BIOS Setup Utility so that you can set the server to boot
from the operating system you just installed, press the F2 key.
A BIOS Setup Utility screen appears with the Boot Menu selected. The BIOS
screen displayed and the actions required to proceed with installation
depend on the UEFI/BIOS Boot Mode you selected for installing the OS.
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If you installed the OS in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode, proceed to
Step 10.
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If you installed the OS in UEFI Boot Mode, proceed to Step 11.
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If you installed the OS in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode, perform these steps and
proceed to Step 12.
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In the BIOS Setup Utility screen shown below, use the down arrow
key to select [USB:SUN] under the Legacy Boot Option Priority field,
and press Enter.
Note -
The BIOS Boot screen that appears for your installation might
differ depending on the type of disk controller and other
hardware, such as PCIe network cards, installed in your
server.
The Boot Option #1 dialog appears.
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Select [SAS:PCIE4:E01S06-43BB92B5 HITACHI H109030SESUN30], and
press Enter.
[SAS:PCIE4:E01S06-43BB92B5 HITACHI H109030SESUN30] moves to the
top position.
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Press the F10 key to save the change and exit the BIOS Setup
Utility, then proceed to Step 12.
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If you installed the OS in UEFI Boot Mode, perform these steps:
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In the BIOS Setup Utility screen shown below, verify that [Oracle
Linux Server (HITACHI H109030SESUN300GA606)] is listed as the first
option under UEFI Boot Option Priority field.
Note -
The BIOS Boot screen that appears for your installation might
differ depending on the type of disk controller and other
hardware, such as PCIe network cards, installed in your
server.
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Press the F10 key to exit the BIOS Setup Utility.
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Wait while the reboot continues.
The following kernel screens appears.
Press any key to enter the menu
Booting Oracle Linux Server Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (3.8.13-16.2.1.el6uek.x86_64) in 2 seconds...
The Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 3 for Linux is the
default kernel.
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If you do not want to change the default Kernel,
proceed to Step 15;
otherwise, proceed to Step 14.
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(Optional) If you are installing Oracle Linux 7.0 and you want to switch
to the Red Hat compatible kernel, do the following.
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Press any character key.
The GNU GRUB screen appears.
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For the Red Hat compatible kernel, select the second menu option,
then press Enter.
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After completing the Oracle Linux installation and rebooting
the server with the desired Linux kernel, proceed to Post Installation
Tasks for Oracle Linux 6.6, or 7.0 OS.