The Boot Screen - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 04-08-2006 Installation Manual

1 Set up an installation server as described in
2 Insert the first CD or DVD of the media kit into the corresponding drive then
3 At the boot screen, select Installation and use the boot options prompt to pass
4 Press
5 Finish the installation as if you had chosen to install from the physical media.

3.3 The Boot Screen

The boot screen displays a number of options for the installation procedure. Boot from
Hard Disk boots the installed system. This item is selected by default, because the CD
is often left in the drive. To install the system, select one of the installation options with
the arrow keys. The relevant options are:
Installation
The normal installation mode. All modern hardware functions are enabled.
38 Installation and Administration
Holding the Installation Sources"
reboot the machine.
additional information, such as:
• Location of the installation server:
install=protocol:inst_source
Replace protocol with the protocol prefix for the service used by the in-
stallation server (nfs, http, or ftp). Replace inst_source with the
IP address of the installation server.
• Network configuration parameters if your setup does not support DHCP
configuration (see
for reference).
to boot for installation. If no network parameters have been specified
Enter
at the boot options prompt, the installation routines try to set up the network using
DHCP. If this fails, you are prompted for these parameters. After you have pro-
vided them, the installation proceeds.
(page 78).
Section 4.4.3, "Using Custom Boot Options"
Section 4.2, "Setting Up the Server
(page 99)