Installing the Gaia Operating System on an Open Server

Important - When you start the Gaia installation on an Open Server, select Gaia and press Enter within 60 seconds. Otherwise the server tries to start from the hard drive. The timer countdown stops when you press Enter. There is no time limit for the next steps.

1. Start the server using the installation media.
2. When the first screen shows, select Install Gaia on the system and press Enter.
3. Press OK to continue with the installation.
4. Select a keyboard language. English US is the default.
5. Configure the hard disk partitions.
6. Enter and confirm the password for the admin account.
7. Select the management interface. The default is eth0.
8. Configure the management IP address, net mask and default gateway.

   You can define the DHCP server on this interface.

9. Select OK to format the hard drive and installation of the Gaia operating system.
10. Reboot to complete the installation.