Installing Sles10 Or Sles11 Using Local Or Remote Media; Before You Begin - Sun Microsystems Blade X6270 Installation Manual

Installing SLES10 or SLES11 Using Local
or Remote Media
The following procedure describes how to boot the SLES 10 (SLES10) or SLES 11
(SLES11) operating system from local or remote media. It assumes that you are
booting the SLES installation media from one of the following sources:
SLES10-SP2 or SLES11 CD or DVD set (internal or external CD/DVD)
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SLES10-SP2 or SLES11 ISO DVD image (network repository)
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Note – If you are booting the installation media from a PXE environment, refer to
"Installing SLES10 or SLES 11 Using a PXE Network Environment" on page 22
boot instructions.
Refer to the following procedures to install the SLES OS from local or remote media:
"Install SLES10 Using Local or Remote Media" on page 18
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"Install SLES11 Using Local or Remote Media" on page 20
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Before You Begin

Prior to performing the installation, the following requirements must be met:
All applicable installation prerequisites for installing this operating system should
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have been met. For further information about these prerequisites, see
"OS Installation Prerequisites" on page
An installation method (for example: console, boot media, and installation target)
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should have been chosen and established prior to performing the installation. For
more information about these setup requirements, see
page 5.
Note that the following procedure explains the initial steps for booting the
installation media and launching the SLES installation program. For further details
about installing SLES, see the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server documentation
collection from Novell at: http://www.novell.com/documentation/suse.
After completing this procedure, you should review and perform the required post
installation tasks described later in this chapter. For more details, see
Installation Tasks" on page
3.
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"Post SLES
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