Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - ARCHITECTURE-SPECIFIC INFORMATION 08-05-2008 Supplementary Manual page 8

Kernel
kernel-smp
kernel-bigsmp
Memory Requirements
A minimum of 512 MB is required. The minimum recommended memory is 1 GB.
For a multiprocessor system, 256 MB per processor is required. Systems with less
than 1 GB main memory need additional swap space that extends the virtual
memory to 1 GB.
Hard Disk Requirements
The disk requirements depend largely on the installation. Commonly, you need
more space than the installation software itself needs to have a system that works
properly. Minimal requirements for different selections are:
System
Minimal X Window System
GNOME Desktop
KDE Desktop
All patterns
Boot Methods
The computer can be booted from CD, USB hard drive, floppy, or the network. A
special boot server is required to boot over the network. This boot server can be
configured with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. To use USB hard drives, the BIOS
or firmware must support booting from USB devices. Create an bootable USB hard
drive with mkbootdisk, which is found on the first installation CD in the direc-
tory /boot/i386/ or /boot/x86_64. For more information, read the docu-
mentation in the /boot directory.
2 Architecture-Specific Information
Oldest CPU Type
PentiumPro, Athlon MP
Pentium II, Athlon XP
Hard Disk Requirements
1.2 GB
3.2 GB
2.7 GB
7 GB
Maximum Number
of CPUs
32
128