Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 08-05-2008 Deployment Manual page 827

To perform an installation in text mode, proceed as follows:
1 Boot for installation.
2 Press F3 twice and select Text Mode.
3 Select Installation and proceed with the installation as described in
Installation with YaST
To perform a VNC installation, proceed as follows:
1 Boot for installation.
2 Enter the following text at the boot options prompt:
vnc=1 vncpassword=some_password
Replace some_password with the password to use for installation.
3 Select Installation then press Enter to start the installation and select DHCP for
network configuration when prompted to do so.
Instead of starting right into the graphical installation routine, the system continues
to run in text mode then halts, displaying a message containing the IP address
and port number at which the installer can be reached via a browser interface or
a VNC viewer application.
4 If using a browser to access the installer, launch the browser and enter the address
information provided by the installation routines on the future SUSE Linux En-
terprise machine and hit Enter :
http://ip_address_of_machine:5801
A dialog opens in the browser window prompting you for the VNC password.
Enter it and proceed with the installation as described in
with YaST (page 17).
IMPORTANT
Installation via VNC works with any browser under any operating system,
provided Java support is enabled.
(page 17).
Common Problems and Their Solutions
Chapter 3,
Chapter 3, Installation
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