Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 04-08-2006 Installation Manual page 925

1 Boot for installation.
2 Press
and select Text Mode.
F3
3 Select Installation and proceed with the installation as described in
Installation with YaST
To perform a VNC installation, proceed as follows:
1 Boot for installation.
2 Enter the following text at the boot options prompt:
vnc=1 vncpassword=some_password
Replace some_password with the password to use for installation.
3 Select Installation then press
Instead of starting right into the graphical installation routine, the system continues
to run in text mode then halts, displaying a message containing the IP address
and port number at which the installer can be reached via a browser interface or
a VNC viewer application.
4 If using a browser to access the installer, launch the browser and enter the address
information provided by the installation routines on the future SUSE® Linux
Enterprise machine and hit
http://ip_address_of_machine:5801
A dialog opens in the browser window prompting you for the VNC password.
Enter it and proceed with the installation as described in
with YaST (page 35).
IMPORTANT
Installation via VNC works with any browser under any operating system,
provided Java support is enabled.
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.
(page 35).
to start the installation.
Enter
:
Enter
Common Problems and Their Solutions
Chapter 3,
Chapter 3, Installation
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