Booting The Target System For Installation - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 04-08-2006 Installation Manual

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4.3.9 Manual Wake on LAN
1 Log in as root.
2 Start YaST → Software Management and install the package netdiag.
3 Open a terminal and enter the following command as root to wake the target:
ether-wake mac_of_target
Replace mac_of_target with the actual MAC address of the target.
4.4 Booting the Target System for
Installation
Basically, there are two different ways to customize the boot process for installation
apart from those mentioned under
tion 4.3.3, "Using PXE Boot"
and function keys or use the boot options prompt of the installation boot screen to pass
any boot options that the installation kernel might need on this particular hardware.
4.4.1 Using the Default Boot Options
The boot options are described in detail in
Generally, just selecting Installation starts the installation boot process.
If problems occur, use Installation—ACPI Disabled or Installation—Safe Settings. For
more information about troubleshooting the installation process, refer to
"Installation Problems"
4.4.2 Using the F Keys
The menu bar at the bottom screen offers some advanced functionality needed in some
setups. Using the F keys, you can specify additional options to pass to the installation
routines without having to know the detailed syntax of these parameters (see
tion 4.4.3, "Using Custom Boot Options"
Section 4.3.7, "Wake on LAN"
(page 90). You can either use the default boot options
Chapter 3, Installation with YaST
(page 918).
(page 99)).
(page 96) and
Sec-
(page 35).
Section 52.2,
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Remote Installation
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