Chapter 2. Installation Procedure

Contents

2.1. Booting from a Local Interchangeable Drive
2.2. Installing over the Network
2.3. Controlling Installation Remotely

This chapter offers an overview of the steps required for the complete installation of SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server in the required mode. Find detailed information about the preparations for installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on x86, AMD64, Intel 64, and Itanium in the Architecture-Specific Information manual, which is available as a printable PDF in the /docu directory on the first CD or DVD. Reference contains a full description of how to install and configure the system with YaST.

2.1. Booting from a Local Interchangeable Drive

CD-ROM and floppy drives and USB memory sticks can be used for installation purposes. Adjust your computer to your needs:

  1. Make sure that the drive is entered as a bootable drive in the BIOS.

  2. Insert the boot medium in the drive and start the boot procedure.

  3. The boot menu of the CD, DVD, floppy, or USB disk allows transferring different parameters to the installation system. See also Section “Using Custom Boot Options” (Chapter 4, Remote Installation, ↑Installation and Administration). If the installation should be performed over the network, specify the installation source here.

  4. If unexpected problems arise during installation, use safe settings to boot.

2.2. Installing over the Network

An installation server is required to perform the installation by using a network source. The procedure for installing this server is outlined in Section “Setting Up the Server Holding the Installation Sources” (Chapter 4, Remote Installation, ↑Installation and Administration).

If you have an SLP server, select SLP as the installation source in the first boot screen. During the boot procedure, select which of the available installation sources to use.

If the CDs or DVDs are available in the network, use these as an installation source. In this case, specify the parameter install=<URL> with suitable values at the boot prompt. Find a more detailed description of this parameter in Section “Using Custom Boot Options” (Chapter 4, Remote Installation, ↑Installation and Administration).

2.3. Controlling Installation Remotely

There are three options for controlling installations from a remote computer: installation via SSH, installation over serial console, and installation via VNC. These possibilities are described in the Architecture-Specific Information manual. Find this manual on the first CD or DVD as a printable PDF in the /docu directory.