Specifying The Installation Mode - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 Installation Manual

Initially, a 10 GB file is specified for the partitions/volumes on the virtual server. The default
location of the file is
By default, this is a sparse file, meaning that although 10 GB is allocated, the size of the file on
the disk is only as large as the actual data it contains. Sparse files conserve disk space, but they
have a negative impact on performance.
The OES 2 SP2 installation guidelines recommend 10 GB for a server installation. Keep in
mind, however, that you are defining the total local disk size for the server. You should allocate
as much local space as you anticipate the server needing for data and other files after it is
hosting user services.
9a Specify the hard disk space you want to be available to the virtual machine.
9b Click Apply.
10 If you are installing SLES 10 SP3 from a downloaded ISO image file, click CD-ROM, browse
to the SLES 10 SP3 image file, then click Open > OK > Apply.
11 If you are installing OES 2 SP2 from a downloaded ISO image file, click CD-ROM, browse to
the OES 2 SP2 image file, then click Open > OK > Apply.
12 If you want to change the network adapter settings, click Network Adapters, view the default
setting, edit the default settings, or click New and specify the setting for another network board
of your choice, then click Apply.
13 Click Operating System:
13a If you are installing from a downloaded ISO image, make sure that the SLES 10 SP3
image is specified as the Virtual Disk installation source.
13b If you are installing from a network installation source, specify the URL for the SLES 10
SP1 network installation source.
You specify a network installation source for OES 2 SP2 during the install.
13c If you are using an AutoYaST control file to specify the settings for a virtual machine
operating system, specify the path to the file in the AutoYaST File field or click the Find
button to the right of the field to locate the file on the local host server.
13d If needed, use the Additional Arguments field to specify additional install or boot
parameters to assist the installation.
For example, if you wanted to specify the parameters for an IP address of 192.35.1.10, a
netmask of 255.255.255.0, a gateway of 192.35.1.254 for the virtual server, and use ssh to
access the installation from another workstation, you could enter the following parameters
in the Additional Argument field:
hostip=192.35.1.10 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.35.1.254 usessh=1
sshpassword=password
13e Click Apply.
14 Click OK to start the virtual machine and launch the operating system installation program.
15 Continue with

10.4.2 Specifying the Installation Mode

1 When the Installation Mode screen displays, select the following menu options:
New Installation
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