Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 11-05-2007 Installation Manual page 932

7 Exit this screen and confirm with Yes to boot the computer.
Regardless of what language and keyboard layout your final installation will be using,
most BIOS configurations use the US keyboard layout as depicted in the following
figure:
Figure 51.1 US Keyboard Layout
Esc
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Q
Tab
Caps
Lock
Shift
Ctrl
51.2.5 Fails to Boot
Some hardware types, mainly fairly old or very recent ones, fail to install. In many
cases, this might happen because support for this type of hardware is missing from the
installation kernel or due to certain functionality included in this kernel, such as ACPI,
that still cause problems on some hardware.
If your system fails to install using the standard Installation mode from the first instal-
lation boot screen, try the following:
1 With the first CD or DVD still in the CD-ROM drive, reboot the machine with
2 When the boot screen appears, use the arrow keys of your keyboard to navigate
3 Proceed with the installation as described in
914 Installation and Administration
F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8
W E R T Y U
A S D F G H J
Z X C V B N
Alt
Ctrl + Alt + Del or using the hardware reset button.
to Installation--ACPI Disabled and press Enter to launch the boot and installation
process. This option disables the support for ACPI power management techniques.
(page 17).
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