Boot Methods; Installation Source - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

2.3.2 Boot Methods

Depending on the hardware used, the following boot methods are available for the first
boot procedure prior to the installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server:
Table 2.2
Boot Option
CD or DVD drive
Floppy or USB
disks
PXE or bootp
Hard disk

2.3.3 Installation Source

When installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, the actual installation data must be
available in the network, on a hard disk partition, or on a local DVD. To install from
the network, you need an installation sever. To make the installation data available, set
up any computer in a Unix or Linux environment as an NFS, HTTP, SMB, or FTP
server. To make the installation data available from a Windows computer, release the
data with SMB.
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Boot Options
Use
The simplest booting method. The system requires a locally-
available CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive for this.
Find the images required for creating boot disks on the first CD
or DVD in the /boot directory. See also the README in the
same directory. Booting from a USB memory stick is only
possible if the BIOS of the machine supports booting from it.
Must be supported by the BIOS or by the firmware of the system
used. This option requires a boot server in the network. This
task can be handled by a separate SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server can also be booted from hard
disk. For this, copy the kernel (linux) and the installation
system (initrd) from the /boot/loader directory of the
first CD or DVD onto the hard disk and add an appropriate entry
to the boot loader.