Boot Problems - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual

51.2.7 Only Minimalistic Boot Screen
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.
Although the text boot screen looks minimalistic, it provides nearly the same function-
ality as the graphical one:
Boot Options
Unlike the graphical interface, the different boot options cannot be selected using
the cursor keys of your keyboard. The boot menu of the text mode boot screen offers
some keywords to enter at the boot prompt. These keywords map to the options
offered in the graphical version. Enter your choice and hit Enter to launch the boot
process.
Custom Boot Options
After selecting a boot option, enter the appropriate keyword at the boot prompt or
enter some custom boot options as described in Section 51.2.5, "Fails to Boot"
(page 920). To launch the installation process, press Enter .
Screen Resolutions
Use the F keys to determine the screen resolution for installation. If you need to
boot in text mode, choose F3 .

51.3 Boot Problems

Boot problems are situations when your system does not boot properly (does not boot
to the expected runlevel and login screen).
924 Installation and Administration
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.
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