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Making a bootable USB for IBM/Lenovo x3850 x5 to install CentOS 7. Thoughts?

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I've got a IBM/Lenovo x3850 x5 server with BIOS configured but no pre-installed OS.

 

I want to install CentOS 7 to my server, however I'm not sure how to do it.

 

My belief is that I'll be able to use BalenaEtcher to burn an ISO of CentOS 7 to a 8 GB USB. The USB will then be plugged into the front panel USB and the "boot from USB" option will be used to run the OS.

 

Would this work, or is there a better way to go about it? It'll be running some fairly heavy programs (Blender, SolidWorks, OpenMC).

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Some servers will have weird BIOS menus, but yes, you can use rufus or balena and boot from the USB

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22 minutes ago, Mega2 said:

I've got a IBM/Lenovo x3850 x5 server with BIOS configured but no pre-installed OS.

 

I want to install CentOS 7 to my server, however I'm not sure how to do it.

 

My belief is that I'll be able to use BalenaEtcher to burn an ISO of CentOS 7 to a 8 GB USB. The USB will then be plugged into the front panel USB and the "boot from USB" option will be used to run the OS.

 

Would this work, or is there a better way to go about it? It'll be running some fairly heavy programs (Blender, SolidWorks, OpenMC).

Just try it, its not dangerous no reason to ask,  it will not blow up

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CentOS offers me the choice to use the following packages:

 

x86_64

 

IBM Power BE (ppc64)

 

IBM Power (ppc64le)

 

i386

 

For perspective, I've got a IBM/Lenovo x3850 x5 server with a Intel Xeon E7-4830 processor. Since it's 64 bits and has x86 architecture, I assume this would be it. However, I don't want to install the wrong one and have to waste time.

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14 minutes ago, Mega2 said:

CentOS offers me the choice to use the following packages:

 

x86_64

 

IBM Power BE (ppc64)

 

IBM Power (ppc64le)

 

i386

 

For perspective, I've got a IBM/Lenovo x3850 x5 server with a Intel Xeon E7-4830 processor. Since it's 64 bits and has x86 architecture, I assume this would be it. However, I don't want to install the wrong one and have to waste time.

noice you got the e7, for some reason the fucking cheapest cpu for no damn reason

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12 minutes ago, ComputerBuilder said:

noice you got the e7, for some reason the fucking cheapest cpu for no damn reason

Cool, Winged Hussars!

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6 minutes ago, Mega2 said:

Cool, Winged Hussars!

cool im polish, finally who realizes

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