Oracle^® Servers X8-2 and X8-2L Operating Systems Installation Guide

Preparing to Install an Operating System

This section provides a list of Oracle Server X8-2 and Oracle Server X8-2L supported operating systems (OS), where to obtain OS installation distributions, and provides an overview of the OS installation process.

• Supported Operating Systems

• Installation Options

• Operating System Installation Process

• Selecting the Console Display

• Preparing the Boot Environment

• Selecting the Boot Media

• Selecting the Installation Target

• Configuring RAID

• Installing an Operating System Using Media

• Installing an Operating System Using PXE Network Boot

• Resetting or Powering the Server Off and On