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