Problems Installing; Redirecting The Boot Source To The Boot Cd - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - ARCHITECTURE-SPECIFIC INFORMATION 08-05-2008 Supplementary Manual

Virus Warning after Installation
There are BIOS variants that check the structure of the boot sector (MBR) and er-
roneously display a virus warning after the installation of GRUB or LILO. Solve
this problem by entering the BIOS and looking for corresponding adjustable settings.
For example, switch off virus protection. You can switch this option back on again
later. It is unnecessary, however, if Linux is the only operating system you use.

4.2 Problems Installing

If an unexpected problem occurs during installation, information is needed to determine
the cause of the problem. Use the following directions to find useful information:
• Check the outputs on the various consoles. You can switch consoles with the key
combination Ctrl + Alt + Fn . For example, obtain a shell in which to execute various
commands by pressing Ctrl + Alt + F2 .
• Try launching the installation in failsafe mode. If the installation works without
problems in this case, there is an incompatibility that causes either ACPI or APIC
to fail. In some cases, a BIOS or firmware update fixes this problem.
• Check the system messages on a console in the installation system by entering the
command dmesg.
4.3 Redirecting the Boot Source to
To facilitate the installation process and avoid accidental installations, the default setting
on the installation CD for SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server is that your system is booted
from the first hard disk. At this point, an installed boot loader normally takes over
control of the system. This means that the boot CD can stay in the drive during an in-
stallation. To start the installation, choose one of the installation possibilities in the boot
menu of the media.
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the Boot CD