Installation Procedure
This chapter provides an overview of the steps required to install SUSE® Linux Enter-
prise Server in the chosen mode. Detailed information about preparing an installation
of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on IBM POWER can be found in the manual Archi-
tecture-Specific Information, which is provided as a printable PDF document in the
directory /docu on the first CD. A thorough description of the installation and confi-
guration with YaST is provided in Chapter 3, Installation with YaST (↑Installation and
Administration) and Chapter 8, System Configuration with YaST (↑Installation and
Administration).
4.1 Installing in an Entire System
The following steps should be completed when installing in an entire system. Single
blades in a blade center also count as a entire systems in this context.
1 Verify the hardware requirements (see also Section "Hardware Requirements"
(Chapter 1, Requirements, ↑Architecture-Specific Information)).
2 Verify the software requirements (see also Section "Software Requirements"
(Chapter 1, Requirements, ↑Architecture-Specific Information)).
3 Set up the system properly to enable booting from CD-ROM, DVD, or the net-
work.
• For pSeries, see also Section "Preparing for Installation on an IBM pSeries
Models" (Chapter 2, Preparation, ↑Architecture-Specific Information). This
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