Getting Started; Installing Novell Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition; Using Yast To Install The Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition; Chapter 2, "Getting Started - Novell OPEN WORKGROUP SUITE SMALL BUSINESS EDITION 9.3 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 10-2007 Administration Manual

Getting Started

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Section 2.1, "Installing Novell Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition," on page 17
Section 2.2, "Administering the Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition," on
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Section 2.3, "Configuring Components," on page 23
2.1 Installing Novell Workgroup Suite Small
Business Edition
If you have a NOWS SBE DVD, go to
Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition," on page
Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition without the DVD or if you do not have DVD drive, follow
the directions in Section 2.1.2, "Using the NOWS SBE DVD to Install the Novell Open Workgroup
Suite Small Business Edition," on page 18
Section 2.1.1, "Using YaST to Install the Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business
Edition," on page 17
Section 2.1.2, "Using the NOWS SBE DVD to Install the Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small
Business Edition," on page 18
2.1.1 Using YaST to Install the Novell Open Workgroup Suite
Small Business Edition
1 Use a standard SUSE
computer.
2 You are directed to the initial (GRUB) setup menu; use the arrow keys to select Installation.
3 Press F3, specify the desired network server type used to connect to the installation server, then
specify your connection settings.
4 Type the following so it appears in Boot Options:
x11i=fbdev autoyast=PATH_TO_AUTOYAST.XML.
The format for PATH_TO_AUTOYAST.XML will look similar to the following for HTTP
servers: http://www.example.com/nowssbe/autoyast.xml. For other server types, see Novell
documentation.
5 Press the Enter key to continue with install. During installation the NOWS-copyMedia package
might fail, but can be safely ignored.
6 If the /opt/media/nows directory exists, erase the contents. If the directory does not exist,
create it.
7 Over the network, using a portable storage device, copy the i386, i586, i686, noarch, and
nosrc directories from the media onto the NOWS SBE server in /opt/media/nows.
After copying, the directory should look like this:
sbsDP:/opt/media/nows # Is -Ia
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Section 2.1.1, "Using YaST to Install the Novell Open
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Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 or SLES 9 SP3 disc to boot up your
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