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Boot Version 10.2 for NIC, iSCSI, FCoE, and RoCE Protocols User Manual

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Appendix D. Example for Installing and Booting UEFI FCoE

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Appendix D. Example for Installing and Booting

UEFI FCoE

The following steps use the Linux SLES operating system as an example.
1. Boot to UEFI linux from DVD.
2. Select UEFI boot from the BIOS boot manager or boot to shell and execute

/efi/boot/elilo.efi from removable media.

3. Follow normal boot instructions from YaST.
4. During the Installation Settings, select Partitioning, then select Custom

partitioning (for experts).

5. In SystemViews, select a hard disk.
6. Select the Partitions tab.
7. Delete any old partitions on the disk.
8. To create a GPT disklabel (UEFI does not support booting from disks with an

MS-DOS partition table), click Expert (above the Accept button).

9. Create a partition table and check GPT (required for UEFI boot).

Figure D-1 Partitions Tab

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