Installation Mode - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual

3.10 Installation Mode

After a system analysis where YaST tries to find other installed systems or an already
existing SUSE Linux Enterprise system on your machine, YaST displays the installation
modes available:
New installation
Select this option to start a new installation from scratch.
Update an existing system
Select this option to update to a newer version. For more information about system
update, see Chapter 10, Updating SUSE Linux Enterprise (page 211).
Other Options
This option provides an opportunity to abort installation and boot or repair an in-
stalled system instead. To boot an already installed SUSE Linux Enterprise, select
Boot Installed System. If you have problems booting an already installed SUSE
Linux Enterprise, see Section 51.3, "Boot Problems" (page 924).
To repair an installed system that fails to boot, select Repair Installed System. Find
a description of the system repair options in Section "Using YaST System Repair"
(page 941).
NOTE: Updating an Installed System
Updating is only possible if an older SUSE Linux Enterprise system is already
installed. If no SUSE Linux Enterprise system is installed, you can only perform
a new installation.
You can choose to install add-on products together with your SUSE Linux Enterprise
system during the initial installation process or at any time later as described inSec-
tion 8.3.2, "Installing Add-On Products" (page 139). Add-on products are extensions
for your SUSE Linux Enterprise. An add-on product can include proprietary third-party
products or additional software for your system.
To include add-on products during the installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise, select
Include Add-On Products from Separate Media and click Next. In the next dialog, click
Add to select the source from which to install the add-on products. Many source types
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