Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual page 49

►zseries: On the IBM System z platforms, the installation is performed from a remote
terminal. The host as such has no keyboard or mouse locally connected to it. ◄
Partitioning
In most cases, YaST proposes a reasonable partitioning scheme that can be accepted
without change. YaST can also be used to customize the partitioning, but only experi-
enced users should change partitioning.
When you select the Partitioning for the first time, the YaST partitioning dialog displays
the proposed partition settings. To accept these settings, click Accept Proposal.
To make small changes in the proposal, select Base Partition Setup on This Proposal
and adjust partitioning in the next dialog. For a completely different partitioning, select
Create Custom Partition Setup. In the next dialog, choose a specific disk to partition
or Custom Partitioning if you want to have access to all disks. For more information
about custom partitioning, refer to Section 8.5.7, "Using the YaST Partitioner"
(page 155)the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server documentation. The YaST partitioner also
provides a tool for LVM creation. To create an LVM proposal, select Create LVM
Based Proposal. See Section 7.1, "LVM Configuration" (page 115) for more information
on LVM.
NOTE: Using Minidisks in z/VM
If SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is installed on minidisks in z/VM, which reside
on the same physical disk, the access path of the minidisks (/dev/disk/by-id/)
is not unique but rather the ID of the physical disk. So if two or more minidisks
are on the same physical disk, they all have the same ID.
To avoid problems when mounting the minidisks, always mount them either
"by path" or "by UUID".
Software
SUSE Linux Enterprise contains a number of software packages for various application
purposes. Click Software in the suggestion window to start the software selection and
modify the installation scope according to your needs. Select your pattern from the list
in the middle and see the description in the right part of the window. Each pattern
contains a number of software packages needed for specific functions (e.g. Multimedia
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