Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION Installation page 2

endless loop because memory corruption often
shows up sporadically and many read and write cycles
might be necessary to detect it. If you suspect that
your RAM is defective, start this test and let it run
for several hours. If no errors are found after a long
period of time, you can assume that the memory is
intact. End the test by rebooting the system.
3. Select the language to be used during the installation
and for the installed system, then click Next.
4. Read the License Agreement, click Yes, I Agree to the
License Agreement, then click Next.
5. Select New Installation, then click Next:
6. Select the clock and time zone to use in your system.
You can also set the hardware clock to Local Time or
UTC. If you set the hardware clock to UTC, your system
can rely on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop to switch
between standard time and daylight saving time auto-
matically. Set the clock to Local Time if you are dual
booting. Click Next to proceed.
7. Use the Installation Settings screen to view the hard-
ware detected and to view a number of proposed in-
stallation and partitioning options, then select your
desired options.
The Overview tab contains options that sometimes need
manual intervention (in most common installation situ-
ations). The Expert tab contains special options, de-
scribed below.
IMPORTANT
If you do not make any changes to the Soft-
ware selections, GNOME is installed as the de-
fault desktop environment. To install KDE, click
Software and select KDE. Depending on your
available disk space, you can choose to install
both the GNOME and KDE desktops.
After configuring any of the items presented in these
dialogs, you are always returned to the Installation
Settings screen, which is updated accordingly.
• System: Detects system hardware and lets you
save the results to a floppy or file.
• Keyboard Layout:
layout. By default, the layout corresponds to the
language you selected before.
• Partitioning: Lets you customize the partitioning.
In most cases, YaST proposes a reasonable partition-
ing scheme that can be accepted without change.
For more information on partitioning options, see
"Section 3.7.1: Partitioning" in the Deployment Guide
at http://www.novell.com/documentation/
sled10/pdfdoc/sled10_deployment_sp2/
sled10_deployment_sp2.pdf.
Lets you change the keyboard
• Add-On Products:
tional products from a separate media source. You
can select various types of product media such as
CD, DVD, or local directory. You can also work direct-
ly with .ISO files (select Local Directory → ISO Im-
age).
• Software:
several types of software packages with various instal-
lation scopes. Use this option to change the selected
desktop environment and to add or remove packages
and filters.
• Booting: During the installation, YaST proposes
a boot configuration for your system. You should
normally leave these setting unchanged, but you can
use this option if you need a custom setup.
You can configure the boot mechanism to rely on a
special boot floppy. Although this means that the
boot floppy must be in the drive when booting, it
leaves an existing boot mechanism untouched. This
is usually unnecessary because YaST can configure
the boot loader to also boot existing operating sys-
tems.
You can also use the boot configuration to change
the location of the boot mechanism on the hard disk.
For more information, see "Section 17.3: Configuring
the Boot Loader with YaST" in the Deployment Guide
at http://www.novell.com/documentation/
sled10/pdfdoc/sled10_deployment_sp2/
sled10_deployment_sp2.pdf.
• Time Zone:
ed a time zone.
• Language:
lected in Step 3. You can also change the language
when you log in.
• Default Runlevel:
is started after booting. Use the default runlevel 5:
Full Multiuser with Network and XDM (you will be
prompted to log in directly under a graphical inter-
face). Do not change the runlevel unless instructed
to do so by your system administrator.
8. Click Accept to accept any license agreements.
If you made changes to the default Software selections
in Step 7, you might also have to click Continue to re-
solve software dependencies.
9. When you have finished configuring the installation
settings, click Accept.
10. Click Install to begin the installation.
After completing the basic system setup and the instal-
lation of all selected software packages, the installation
boots into the new Linux system, after which you can
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Use this option to install addi-
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop offers
Lets you change the previously select-
Lets you change the language you se-
Lets you define how the system