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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.
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.
If you use any kind of VNC viewer on your preferred operating system, enter
the IP address and password when prompted to do so. A window opens, displaying
the installation dialogs. Proceed with the installation as usual.
51.2.7 Only Minimalistic Boot Screen
Started
You inserted the first CD or DVD into the drive, the BIOS routines are finished, but
the system does not start with the graphical boot screen. Instead it launches a very
minimalistic text-based interface. This might happen on any machine not providing
sufficient graphics memory for rendering a graphical boot screen.
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