Lenovo ThinkStation P620 Debian Linux 10 Installation [en, ar, bg, cs, da, de, el, es, fi, fr, he, hr, hu, id, it, ja, ko, nb, nl, pl, pt, pt, ro, ru, sh, sk, sl, sv, th, tr, uk, zc, zh]

Debian Linux 10 Installation

Lenovo ThinkStation P620

Contents

SECTION 1 – BIOS SETUP & PRE-INSTALLATION STEPS
SECTION 2 – INSTALLING DEBIAN 10.03
SECTION 3 – RAID ARRAY INSTALLATION
SECTION 4 – RAIDXPERT2 MANAGEMENT APPLICATION
SECTION 5 – INSTALLING THE AQUANTIA LAN DRIVER
SECTION 6 – INSTALLING THE NVIDIA GRAPHICS DRIVER
SECTION 7 – REVISION HISTORY

Section 1– BIOS Setup & Pre-Installation Steps

The first step before installing Linux is to make sure the system BIOS is setup
correctly.

• Boot into BIOS by pressing the function F1 key at the “Lenovo” splash
screen.

• On the “Security” menu tab, scroll down and select the “Secure Boot”
option.

• Check whether Secure Boot is disabled. If found enabled, disable it.

• Save changes by pressing F10 function key.

Section 2 – Installing Debian 10.03

Please refer to the following instructions and screenshots on how to install
Debian 10.03 on the Lenovo ThinkStation P620.

• Insert the Debian 10.03 installation media (either through USB or
CD/DVD).

• Power on the system and press the F12 function key whenever the
following Lenovo splash screen appears.

• Select the Linux bootable installation media from the F12 boot menu list.

• Highlight Install Ubuntu from the GRUB boot menu and hit enter.

• Select the appropriate language and press Continue.

• Select the user location and press Continue.

• Configure the keyboard by choosing the appropriate keyboard language

and press Continue.

• Enter a hostname for the system and select Continue.

• Enter a domain name and select Continue.

• Set a root password and select Continue.

• Enter full name for the user and select Continue.

• Enter a username to create a user and press Continue.

• Create a strong password for the newly created user and press

Continue.

• Select an appropriate time zone to configure the clock and press
Continue.

• Select “Yes” for force UEFI installation and select Conitnue.

• Choose an appropriate option for partitioning the disk. If the user selects

“Guided – use entire disk”, Debian will erase the content and use the
entire disk for OS installation.

• Select disk to partition and press Continue.

• Select “All files in one partition” and press Continue.

• Select “Finish partitioning and write changes to disk” option after

confirming the partitions and press Continue.

• Select “Yes” to write changes to the disk and press Continue.

• Select “No” for network mirror and select Continue.