Preparing For Installation; Making The Installation Data Available - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - ARCHITECTURE-SPECIFIC INFORMATION Supplementary Manual

Preparing for Installation

In this chapter, learn how to make the data accessible for installation, install SUSE®
Linux Enterprise Server using different methods, and prepare and use the IPL of the
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server installation system. Also find out about network confi-
guration and network installation.
2.1 Making the Installation Data
Available
This section provides detailed information about making the SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server IBM System z installation data accessible for installation. Depending on your
computer and system environment, choose between NFS or FTP installation. If you are
running Microsoft Windows workstations in your environment, you can also use the
Windows network including the SMB protocol to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
on your IBM System z system.
TIP: IPL from DVD
Since Service Pack 1 of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 10, it is possible
to IPL from DVD and use the DVD as the installation medium. This is very
conveniant if you have restrictions setting up an installation server providing
installation media over your network. The prerequisite is an FCP-attached SCSI
DVD Drive.
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