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<h1 class="topictitle1">Completing the installation of SLES 9 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 9 server:</div>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>The xSeries server boots from the SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server
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9 disc 1 located in the xSeries CD-ROM drive. A list of options will appear
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in a menu list for 20 seconds. You <span class="uicontrol">must</span> do the following:</span> <p></p>
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<p>Select <span class="uicontrol">Installation</span>.</p>
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<p>Press <span class="uicontrol">F6</span> for
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Driver Update.</p>
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<p>Press <span class="uicontrol">Enter</span>.</p>
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<p></p>
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<p>If you
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do not make any selections within the 20 seconds, the default option to Boot
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from Hard Disk will be used. Because there is no operating system on the hard
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disk yet, the message ’Failed to start from Harddisk’ will be displayed. Press
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OK and make the selections as described above. </p>
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<p></p>
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<p><strong>Important:</strong> If
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you do not press F6 for Driver Update, you will not be prompted for the driver
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update floppy, which will cause the installation to fail to find hard drives
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when you get to step 8. At which point you will have to abort the installation
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and reboot your server, which will start the installation again as described
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in step 8.</p>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>When you press F6, the following message is displayed: <span class="uicontrol"> Please
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get your Driver Update Floppy ready.</span> 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>A dialog will be presented with the message <span class="uicontrol">Please choose
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the Driver Update Medium</span>. From the menu list, select <span class="uicontrol">fd0
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(floppy)</span>, select the <span class="uicontrol">OK</span> button and press <span class="uicontrol">Enter</span>. </span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>The driver diskette will be scanned and you will see the message <span class="uicontrol">Reading
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the Driver Update...</span> and then the message <span class="uicontrol">Driver Update
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OK</span>. Press <span class="uicontrol">Enter</span>.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>The dialog in step 4 will reappear. Select <span class="uicontrol">Back</span> and
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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">I Agree</span> to accept the terms and continue
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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">Base
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Installation - Installation Settings</span> phase and the <span class="uicontrol">Configuration
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- Online update</span> phase.</span> <p></p>
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<p>Settings in all other
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phases can be answered as you prefer. For more information about installing
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SLES with YaST, you can reference the <em>SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server Installation
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and Administration</em> manual which you will find on the SUSE LINUX Enterprise
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Server 9 disc 1 under /doc/en/manual.pdf. </p>
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<p></p>
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<p><span class="uicontrol">Important:</span> If
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you did not press <span class="uicontrol">F6</span> as described in step 1, you will
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see a message indicating that no hard drives were found. You must click on <span class="uicontrol">Abort
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Installation</span> and then select <span class="uicontrol">Exit/Reboot</span>.
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Your server will reboot and will start the installation over again. Make sure
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you press <span class="uicontrol">F6</span> as described in step 1.</p>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>During the <span class="uicontrol">Base Installation - 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 <span class="uicontrol">Change...</span> and
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select the category from the list.</span> <ol type="a"><li>Partitioning - The default settings are OK. If you are an experienced
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user, you can modify the partition setup.<p><strong>Important:</strong> If you choose
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to modify the partition setup, you <span class="uicontrol">must not</span> modify
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the FAT partition on /dev/sdb1. Otherwise the server will not boot. </p>
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</li>
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<li>Software - You must verify that the correct kernel is being installed.
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Linux on iSeries integrated xSeries solutions only supports 32-bit kernels.
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You must also verify that the gettext package is being installed. To check
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this, do the following:<dl><dt class="dlterm"></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">kernel-default</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">kernel-bigsmp</span> (64-bit multi-processor kernel) is
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checked, you <span class="uicontrol">must</span> uncheck it and check <span class="uicontrol">kernel-smp</span> (32-bit
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multi-processor kernel).</dd>
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<dd class="ddexpand">vi. Under Development select <strong>Tools</strong>.</dd>
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<dd class="ddexpand">vii. In the list of tools in the upper-right panel, check <strong>gettext</strong>.</dd>
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<dd class="ddexpand">viii. Click <strong>Accept</strong>.</dd>
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</dl>
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</li>
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<li>Booting - This must be set to Grub (MBR on /dev/sda) which is the default.</li>
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</ol>
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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 various SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 CDs and will reboot when it
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is done copying data to start the Configuration phase of the install.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>During the <span class="uicontrol">Configuration - Network</span> phase
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of the install, you will see a screen labeled <span class="uicontrol">Test Internet Connection</span>.
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You <span class="uicontrol">must</span> select <span class="uicontrol">No, Skip this test</span>. </span> <p></p>
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<p><span class="uicontrol">Attention:</span> If you do not select <span class="uicontrol">No,
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Skip this test</span>, a SLES update will be performed at this time which
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can cause unrecoverable damage to your server. A SLES update should only be
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done after the server has completed the install <span class="uicontrol">and</span> you
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have completed the steps as described in the section titled <em>Completing
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the post-installation tasks</em> .</p>
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</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 <em>must</em> run <span class="uicontrol">ixsupdt</span> before
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you reboot your server. Details for ixsupdt are listed in the section title<em> Maintaining
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the Linux integration code.</em></p>
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</li>
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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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