Installation With Yast; Choosing The Installation Method - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

Installation with YaST

After your hardware has been prepared for the installation of SUSE® Linux Enterprise
Server as described in the
(page 5) and after the connection with the installation system has been established,
you are presented with the interface of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server's system assistant
YaST. YaST guides you through the entire installation and configuration procedure.

6.1 Choosing the Installation Method

After having selected the installation medium, determine a suitable installation method
and boot option that best match your needs:
Installing from the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Media
Choose this option, if you want to perform a stand-alone installation and do not
want to rely on a network providing the installation data or the boot infrastructure.
The installation proceeds exactly as outlined in
Workflow" (page 91).
Installing from a Network Server
Choose this option, if you have an installation server available in your network or
want to use an external server as the source of your installation data. This setup
can be configured to use from physical media (Floppy, CD/DVD, or hard disk) for
booting or configured to boot via network using PXE/BOOTP. Refer to
tion 6.1.1, "Installing from a Network Server Using SLP"
"Installing from a Network Source without SLP"
Installation (page 189) for details.
Part I, "Architecture Specific Installation Considerations"
Section 6.2, "The Installation
(page 91), Section 6.1.2,
(page 91), or Chapter 14, Remote
Installation with YaST
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