{"id":2455,"date":"2015-11-04T11:49:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T11:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2023-01-19T13:59:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T10:59:24","slug":"other-os-image-how-to-install-on-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/other-os-image-how-to-install-on-server\/","title":{"rendered":"Other OS image: how to install on server"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu,sans-serif;\"><strong><br \/>\nPlease note that Unihost.com does not offer any support for the installation of custom images, and can&#8217;t guarantee the functionality of the installed OS.<\/strong><\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu,sans-serif;\">The OS image must be Debian, SUSE or CentOS to have the correct network settings to be properly configured.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu,sans-serif;\">The complete OS must be archived in a .tar.gz format and be placed on a Web, NFS or FTP server. The archive should not contain &#8220;\/dev&#8221;, &#8220;\/proc&#8221; or &#8220;\/sys&#8221; folders. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu,sans-serif;\">The archive name must contain the distribution name in itself (eg. &#8220;Debian-60-image.tar.gz&#8221; or &#8220;image-121-suse.tar.gz&#8221;).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu,sans-serif;\">The boot loader &#8220;lilo&#8221; or &#8220;grub&#8221; must be installed and selected in the configuration file.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu,sans-serif;\">Both boot loaders can be installed together to eliminate an error during the installation (optionally).<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu,sans-serif;\">There should only be a kernel in &#8220;\/boot&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\".D0.9F.D0.BE.D1.80.D1.8F.D0.B4.D0.BE.D0.BA_.D0.B4.D0.B5.D0.B9.D1.81.D1.82.D0.B2.D0.B8.D0.B9\" class=\"mw-headline\" style=\"font-family: Ubuntu,sans-serif;\"> <strong> Procedure of other OS image installing<\/strong> <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu,sans-serif;\">Simply select &#8220;installimage&#8221; and in the following menu select &#8220;custom_images&#8221;. 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The available drives are automatically found and given the variables &#8220;DRIVE1&#8221; and possibly &#8220;DRIVE2&#8221; (if you have two drives).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu,sans-serif;\">If the requirements and procedures outlined above are met, then the installation should proceed without a problem. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\".D0.9F.D1.80.D0.B8.D0.BC.D0.B5.D1.80_.D1.84.D0.B0.D0.B9.D0.BB.D0.B0_.D0.BA.D0.BE.D0.BD.D1.84.D0.B8.D0.B3.D1.83.D1.80.D0.B0.D1.86.D0.B8.D0.B8\" class=\"mw-headline\" style=\"font-family: Ubuntu,sans-serif;\"> <strong>Example configuration file<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<pre lang=\"php\">## ===================================================\n##  Hetzner Online AG - installimage - standardconfig.\n## ===================================================\n## ====================\n##  HARD DISK DRIVE(S):\n## ====================\nDRIVE1 \/dev\/sda\n## ============\n##  BOOTLOADER:\n## ============\n## which bootloader should be used?  &lt; lilo | grub &gt;\nBOOTLOADER grub\n## ==========\n##  HOSTNAME:\n## ==========\n## which hostname should be set?\n##.\nHOSTNAME Debian-50-lenny-64-minimal\n## ==========================\n##  PARTITIONS \/ FILESYSTEMS:\n## ==========================\n## define your partitions and filesystems like this:\n##\n## PART  &lt;mountpoint\/lvm&gt;  &lt;filesystem\/VG&gt;  &lt;size in MB&gt;\n##\n## * &lt;mountpoint\/lvm&gt; mountpoint for this filesystem  *OR*  keyword 'lvm'\n##                    to use this PART as volume group (VG) for LVM\n## * &lt;filesystem\/VG&gt;  can be ext2, ext3, reiserfs, xfs, swap  *OR*  name\n##                    of the LVM volume group (VG), if this PART is a VG\n## * &lt;size&gt;           you can use the keyword 'all' to assign all the\n##                    remaining space of the drive to the *last* partition.\n##                    you can use M\/G\/T for unit specification in MIB\/GIB\/TIB\n##\n## notes:\n##   - extended partitions are created automatically\n##   - '\/boot' cannot be on a xfs filesystem!\n##   - '\/boot' cannot be on LVM!\n##   - when using software RAID 0, you need a '\/boot' partition\n##\n## example without LVM (default):\n## -&gt; 4GB   swapspace\n## -&gt; 512MB \/boot\n## -&gt; 10GB  \/\n## -&gt; 5GB   \/tmp\n## -&gt; all the rest to \/home\n#PART swap   swap      4096\n#PART \/boot  ext2       512\n#PART \/      reiserfs 10240\n#PART \/tmp   xfs       5120\n#PART \/home  ext3       all\n#\n##\n## to activate LVM, you have to define volume groups and logical volumes\n##\n## example with LVM:\n#\n## normal filesystems and volume group definitions:\n## -&gt; 256MB boot  (not on lvm)\n## -&gt; all the rest for LVM VG 'vg0'\n#PART \/boot  ext2     256M\n#PART lvm    vg0       all\n#\n## logical volume definitions:\n#LV &lt;VG&gt; &lt;name&gt; &lt;mount&gt; &lt;filesystem&gt; &lt;size&gt;\n#\n#LV vg0   root   \/        ext3         10G\n#LV vg0   swap   swap     swap          4G\n#LV vg0   tmp    \/tmp     reiserfs      5G\n#LV vg0   home   \/home    xfs          20G\n#\n#\n## your system has the following devices:\n#\n# Disk \/dev\/sda doesn't contain a valid partition table  (=&gt; \/dev\/sda doesn't)\n# Disk \/dev\/sda: 2995.7 GB  (=&gt; 2856 GIB)\n#\nPART swap swap 4G\nPART \/boot ext3 2G\nPART \/ ext3 all\n## ========================\n##  OPERATING SYSTEM IMAGE:\n## ========================\n## full path to the operating system image\n##   supported image sources:  local dir,  ftp,  http,  nfs\n##   supported image types:  tar,  tar.gz,  tar.bz,  tar.bz2,  tgz,  tbz\n## examples:\n#\n# local: \/path\/to\/image\/filename.tar.gz\n# ftp:   ftp:\/\/&lt;user&gt;:&lt;password&gt;@hostname\/path\/to\/image\/filename.tar.bz2\n# http:  http:\/\/&lt;user&gt;:&lt;password&gt;@hostname\/path\/to\/image\/filename.tbz\n# https: https:\/\/&lt;user&gt;:&lt;password&gt;@hostname\/path\/to\/image\/filename.tbz\n# nfs:   hostname:\/path\/to\/image\/filename.tgz\nIMAGE \/root\/.oldroot\/nfs\/install\/..\/images\/Debian-50-lenny-64-minimal.tar.gz<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please note that Unihost.com does not offer any support for the installation of custom images, and can&#8217;t guarantee the functionality of the installed OS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[158,165],"tags":[261,192,236,461],"class_list":["post-2455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dedicated-servers","category-servers-in-germany","tag-germany","tag-installation","tag-operational-system","tag-461"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Other OS image: how to install on server - Unihost.FAQ<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A tutorial for installing other OS image on server. 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