Preparing The Installation Media; Creating A Response File For An Unattended Netware Installation - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 Installation Manual

Section 11.4.2, "Creating a Response File for an Unattended NetWare Installation," on
page 196
Section 11.4.3, "Creating a Xen Virtual Machine and Installing a NetWare VM Guest Server,"
on page 198

11.4.1 Preparing the Installation Media

You must use the DVD installation files to install a NetWare VM guest on a Xen VM host server.
(Xen on SLES 10 doesn't support CD swapping.)
The installation media must appear as a local disk to the virtual machine, but it can be physically
located in either of the following locations:
On a DVD in the host's physical DVD reader.
As the DVD ISO image file copied to the Xen VM host server desktop.
The following steps are for downloading to the VM host server's desktop and can be adapted as
necessary for the other locations listed above.
1 Use the Firefox browser on the VM host server to access the
Downloand Instructions page (http://www.novell.com/documentation/oes2/esd/
di_oes2_sp1.html)
another location of your choosing).
2 After the file downloads, if you are installing on an OES 2 SP2 VM host server by using a
response file, continue with
Machine and Installing a NetWare VM Guest Server," on page
3 Click Open in the Firefox download dialog box.
4 Sort the list of files by Location by clicking the column heading, then scroll to
5 Select the
6 In the Extract dialog box, click Extract, then close the ISO file and the browser.
7 Double-click the
select the two files you extracted and drag them to the desktop, then delete the
by dragging it to the Trash.
Continue with the next section.
11.4.2 Creating a Response File for an Unattended NetWare
Installation
OES 2 SP2 includes a YaST-based NetWare Response File utility that asks you for information
about the NetWare server you want to install. Basically, you answer the same questions as you
would during a physical NetWare installation. When the time comes to run the NetWare Install
program, the installation reads your responses from the file and proceeds without requiring further
intervention.
1 Open YaST and click Open Enterprise Server > NetWare Response File Utility.
2 On the Select Install Type page, make sure the Hardware Type is set for Virtual. Do not change
any other options. Click Next.
196 OES 2 SP2: Installation Guide
and download the
Step 3. Otherwise, skip to
and files, right-click them, and select Extract.
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folder on the desktop or other location that you chose in
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