Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Start-Up Guide
SUSE Linux Enterprise
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Start-Up Guide
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Contents
Preface v
Part I Installation on x86, AMD64, Intel 64, and Itanium Processor Family
1 Installation Considerations 3
1.1 Installation Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2 Boot Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3 Installation Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.4 Installation Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.5 Different Installation Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 Installation Procedure 7
2.1 Booting from a Local Interchangeable Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2 Installing over the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3 Controlling Installation Remotely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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Part II Installation on IBM POWER 9
3 Installation Considerations 11
3.1 Types of Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.2 IPL Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.3 Installation Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.4 Installation Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.5 Connecting to the Installation System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4 Installation Procedure 15
4.1 Installing in an Entire System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.2 Installing in an LPAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Part III Installation on IBM System z 19
5 Installation Considerations 21
5.1 Types of Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
5.2 IPL Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5.3 Installation Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5.4 Initiating a Connection to the Installation System . . . . . . . . . . . 23
6 Installation Procedure 25
6.1 LPAR Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
6.2 z/VM Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Preface
This short manual offers a quick introduction to the installation of your SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server. It features an overview of the various elds 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
conguration, make reliable security updates available, and support development
projects.
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2 Additional Documentation
For additional documentation on this product, refer to http://www.novell.com/
documentation/sles10/index.html:
Architecture-Specic Information
Architecture-specic 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: lenames 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 specied architectures. The
arrows mark the beginning and the end of the text block.◄
►ipseries s390 zseries: This paragraph is only relevant for the specied 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.
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Part I. Installation on x86,
AMD64, Intel 64, and Itanium
Processor Family
Installation Considerations
This chapter encompasses all the decisions that need to be made before installing SUSE®
Linux Enterprise Server on x86, AMD64, Intel 64, and Itanium hardware. Find the
current hardware and software requirements for installing SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server on x86, AMD64, Intel 64, and Itanium in the Architecture-Specic Information
manual, which is contained on the rst CD or DVD as a printable PDF in the /docu
directory.
1.1 Installation Type
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is normally installed as an independent operating system.
With the introduction of Xen, it is also possible to run multiple instances of SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server on the same hardware. However, the controlling Domain-0
installation for Xen is done like a typical installation with some additional packages.
The installation of Xen guests is described in Installation and Administration, which
is available in the installed system as well as on the rst CD or DVD.
1.2 Boot Methods
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Depending on the hardware used, the following boot methods are available for the rst
boot procedure prior to the installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server:
Installation Considerations 3
Table 1.1
Boot Options
UseBoot Option
CD or DVD drive
Floppy or USB
disks
PXE or bootp
Hard disk
The simplest booting method. The system requires a locallyavailable CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive for this.
Find the images required for creating boot disks on the rst CD
or DVD in the /boot directory. See also the README in the
same directory. Booting from a USB memory stick is only possible if the BIOS of the machine supports booting from it.
Must be supported by the BIOS or by the rmware of the system
used. This option requires a boot server in the network. This
task can be handled by another SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server can also be booted from hard
disk. For this, copy the kernel (linux) and the installation
system (initrd) from the /boot/loader directory of the
rst CD or DVD onto the hard disk and add an appropriate entry
to the boot loader.
1.3 Installation Source
When installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, the actual installation data must be
available in the network, on a hard disk partition, or on a local CD-ROM or DVD. To
install from the network, you need an installation sever. To make the installation data
available, set up any computer in a Unix or Linux environment as an NFS, HTTP, or
FTP server. To make the installation data available from a Windows computer, release
the data with SMB.
The installation source is particularly easy to select if you congure an SLP server in
the local network. For more information, see Section “Setting Up the Server Holding
the Installation Sources” (Chapter 4, Remote Installation, ↑Installation and Administration).
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1.4 Installation Target
Most installations are to a local hard disk. Therefore, it is necessary for the hard disk
controllers to be available to the installation system. If a special controller, like a RAID
controller, needs an extra kernel module, provide a kernel module update disk to the
installation system.
Other installation targets may be all kinds of block devices that provide sufcient disk
space and speed to run an operating system. This includes network block devices like
iSCSI or SAN. It is also possible to install on network le systems that offer the
standard Unix permissions. However, it may be problematic to boot these, because they
must be supported by the initramfs before the actual system can start. Such installations are useful if there is a need to start the same system in different locations or if
you intend to use Xen features like domain migration.
1.5 Different Installation Methods
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server offers several different methods for controlling installation:
• Installation on the console
• Installation via serial console
• Installation with AutoYaST
• Installation via SSH
• Installation with VNC
By default, the console is used. If you have a large number of similar computers to install,
it is advisable to create an AutoYaST conguration le and make this available to the
installation process. See also the documentation for autoyast2 in Chapter 5, Auto-
mated Installation (↑Installation and Administration).
Installation Considerations 5
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