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<h1 class="topictitle1">Completing the installation of SLES 8 on the IXA</h1>
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<div><p>This topic discusses the steps necessary to complete the SUSE Linux<sup>®</sup> Enterprise
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Server installation.</p>
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<div class="section">To complete the install of a SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 server:</div>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>The xSeries server boots from the SLES 8 disc 1 in the xSeries
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optical drive.</span> <p></p>
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<p><em><strong>Important:</strong> As soon as you see
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the SUSE LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER GUI start on the Linux server’s console,
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press the <strong>Alt</strong> key.</em></p>
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<p></p>
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<p>If you do not press the <strong>Alt</strong> key
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on the initial screen, you will not be prompted for the Driver Update diskette.
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At this point you need to abort the installation and reboot you server.
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You can do this by pressing the <strong>Abort Installation</strong> button and selecting
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the <strong>Exit/Reboot</strong> option in the following prompt. When the server boots
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up again, make sure you press the <strong>Alt</strong> key on the initial install screen.</p>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>The following message is displayed: <tt class="sysout">Please get your
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Driver Update Floppy ready</tt>. Press <span class="uicontrol">Enter</span>.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Insert the driver diskette when prompted. Press <span class="uicontrol">Enter</span>.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>The YaST installation wizard starts and the License agreement is
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displayed. Click <span class="uicontrol">Accept if you agree to</span> the terms and
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continue with the installation.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>The YaST installation wizard will display the phases of install
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on the right part of the screen. Specific settings are required for the <span class="uicontrol">Installation
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Settings</span> phase. Settings in all other phases can be answered as
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you prefer.</span> <p></p>
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<p><span class="uicontrol">Important:</span> If you
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did not press <strong>Alt</strong> as described in step 1, you will see a message indicating
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that no hard drives were found. You must click on <span class="uicontrol">Abort Installation</span> and
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then select <span class="uicontrol">Exit/Reboot</span>. Your server will reboot and
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will start the installation over again. Make sure you press <strong>Alt</strong> as
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described in step 1.</p>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>During the <span class="uicontrol">Installation Settings</span> phase,
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the categories listed below require the indicated settings. For any other
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categories, you can select the settings you prefer. To modify the settings
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in these categories, either click on the category heading or click on <strong>Change...</strong> and
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select the category from the list.</span> <dl><dt class="dlterm">a. <strong>Partitioning</strong> - The default settings are OK. If you are an experienced
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user, you can modify the partition setup.</dt>
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<dd></dd>
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<dt class="dlterm"></dt>
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<dd><strong>Important:</strong> If you choose to modify the partition setup, you <span class="uicontrol">must
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not</span> modify the FAT partition on /dev/sdb1. Otherwise the server
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will not boot. </dd>
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</dl>
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<dl><dt class="dlterm">b. <strong>Software</strong> - You must verify that the correct kernel is being
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installed. Linux on iSeries integrated xSeries solutions only supports 32-bit
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kernels. You must also verify that the gettext package is being installed.
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To check this, do the following:</dt>
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<dd>i. Click on <span class="uicontrol">Software</span>.</dd>
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<dd class="ddexpand">ii. On the Software Selection screen, select <span class="uicontrol">Default System</span> and
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click on the <span class="uicontrol">Detailed selections</span> button. </dd>
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<dd class="ddexpand">iii. Click on the <span class="uicontrol">Filter</span> drop down list and select <span class="uicontrol">Package
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Groups</span>. This will show the RPM packages for the install. </dd>
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<dd class="ddexpand">iv. Under System select <span class="uicontrol">Kernel</span>.</dd>
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<dd class="ddexpand">v. In the list of kernels in the upper-right panel, if <span class="uicontrol">k_deflt</span> (32
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bit uni-processor kernel) is checked, the install has determined that this
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is a uni-processor system. In this case, you do not need to make any changes.
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If <span class="uicontrol">k_smp</span> (64-bit multi-processor kernel) is checked,
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you <span class="uicontrol">must</span> uncheck it and check <span class="uicontrol">k_psmp</span> (32-bit
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multi-processor kernel).</dd>
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<dd class="ddexpand">vi. Under Development select <span class="uicontrol">Tools</span>.</dd>
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<dd class="ddexpand">vii. In the list of tools in the upper-right panel, check <span class="uicontrol">gettext</span>.</dd>
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<dd class="ddexpand">viii. Click <span class="uicontrol">Accept</span>. </dd>
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</dl>
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<dl><dt class="dlterm">c. Booting - This must be set to Grub (MBR on /dev/sda) which is the default.</dt>
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<dd></dd>
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</dl>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>After you have finished customizing the settings click <span class="uicontrol">Accept</span> then <span class="uicontrol">Yes,
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install</span> when the warning message appears. The install will prompt
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you for United Linux 1.0 CDs and will reboot when it is done copying data
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to start the Configuration phase of the install.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Continue on with the rest of the configuration phases of install. </span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>When the configuration phases are complete, you will be prompted
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to sign on to the sever. You must follow the instructions described in section
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titled <em>Completing the post-installation tasks</em>.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Once the post-installation instructions are complete, you can apply
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SLES updates to your server.</span> <p></p>
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<p><span class="uicontrol">Important:</span> After
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applying SLES updates, you must run <span class="uicontrol">ixsupdt</span> before
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you reboot your server. Details for ixsupdt are listed in the section titled <em>Maintaining
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the Linux integration code.</em></p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzau9crtintlnxcon.htm" title="This topic introduces how to complete the installation with the Linux console.">Completing the installation from the Linux console</a></div>
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