Preface

This short manual offers a quick introduction to the installation of your SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. It features an overview of the various fields of application and installation types of each of the platforms supported by SUSE Linux Enterprise Server as well as a short description of the installation procedure.

Quality service is also available. Experts can answer questions about installation or configuration, make reliable security updates available, and support development projects.

1. Feedback

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2. Additional Documentation

For additional documentation on this product, refer to http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles10/index.html:

Architecture-Specific Information

Architecture-specific information needed to prepare a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server target for installation.

Installation and Administration

In-depth installation and administration for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.

For a documentation overview on the SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop product, refer to http://www.novell.com/documentation/sled10/index.html.

3. Documentation Conventions

The following typographical conventions are used in this manual:

  • /etc/passwd: filenames and directory names

  • placeholder: replace placeholder with the actual value

  • PATH: the environment variable PATH

  • ls, --help: commands, options, and parameters

  • user: users or groups

  • Alt, Alt+F1: a key to press or a key combination; keys are shown in uppercase as on a keyboard

  • File, File+Save As: menu items, buttons

  • ►amd64 ipf: This paragraph is only relevant for the specified architectures. The arrows mark the beginning and the end of the text block.

    ►ipseries s390 zseries: This paragraph is only relevant for the specified architectures. The arrows mark the beginning and the end of the text block.

  • Dancing Penguins (Chapter Penguins, ↑Another Manual): This is a reference to a chapter in another manual.