 |
|
Home > Selecting boot options for SUSE Linux 10 |
|
|
|
Selecting boot options for SUSE Linux 10 |
|
| 11 Sep 2006 | Wiley Publishing |
|
|
When the boot splash screen has finished, you will be asked to select how you want
to install SUSE Linux 10, as well as some other helpful options for booting your system (see
Figure 1-2).
The boot menu offers more than just installation options, although the most common
selection is the standard Installation item. We discuss the other six options in
detail because at some point in the life of a SUSE Linux enterprise user you will likely need to use the
others.
Figure 1.2
Boot from hard disk: This is the default setting if you do not interact with
the boot sequence. It's the default because your system automatically reboots
as part of the installation process to load the kernel that is installed on your
hard drive during the initial phases of the installation process. If you forget to
remove the installation media, the system will still boot off the hard disk and
the install routine can continue.
Installation: This is the standard option that most users should select. It will
boot from the CD and start the install routine (YaST). We discuss the rest of
the process in the remainder of this chapter.
Installation -- ACPI disabled: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
(ACPI) is a feature of most new processors that controls power management
and the way interrupts are handled by the system hardware. You should
select this option if you encounter problems during the installation process,
such as if your computer system goes to sleep (blanks the screen and powers
down the drives) and if pressing the appropriate keystroke does not wake it
up again.
Installation -- Safe settings: As with the ACPI Disabled installation method,
this turns off some of the features of the kernel that can cause problems
with buggy or old system hardware. You should select this option if you encounter problems during installation, and they do not seem related to
power management.
Rescue system: The Rescue System enables you to correct system problems,
such as disk corruption or lost passwords, by booting from the installation
media and subsequently correcting system problems. The Rescue System is
quite a feature-rich system that you can use to load and edit filesystems, as
well as change the settings of an installed system.
Memory Test: SUSE has been very kind and integrated a memory test suite
in the system boot menu. The memory test will run long and exhaustive tests
on your system's memory and warn you of any anomalies that it encounters
on the way. We have used this a few times with systems that don't quite seem
to be running as we expect, and it has been able to tell us that a DIMM (Dual
In-Line Memory Module) has indeed failed.
In this chapter, we select the standard Installation option in the boot menu.
SUSE Linux 10 has changed the original boot splash screen to be something more akin to the
Windows bootup (see Figure 1-3). While this is fine for first-time users, it is something
that will infuriate hard-core Linux users. SUSE is aware this may be a problem
for some users, and pressing ESC while the system boots up will allow you to see
the kernel and init messages.
Figure 1.3
So far, the system has booted a minimal Linux kernel that is sufficient to run the
installation process and execute the SUSE Linux 10 installer and the various utilities that it
uses to probe and configure your system. SUSE's YaST installer now begins to collect
information that it will use to configure your system to match your personal
and hardware requirements.
Selecting a SUSE Linux 10 installation method
 Home: Introduction
Step 1: Starting your SUSE Linux 10 installation
Step 2: Selecting boot options
Step 3: Configuring language settings
Step 4: Media check
The above tip is excerpted from from Chapter 1, "Installing SUSE 10" our original excerpt of The SUSE Linux 10 Bible by Justin Davies, courtesy of Wiley Publishing. This chapter explains how to successfully install SUSE 10 on your box. Find it helpful? Buy it onAmazon.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| TechTarget provides enterprise IT professionals with the information they need to perform their jobs - from developing strategy, to making cost-effective IT purchase decisions and managing their organizations' IT projects - with its network of . |
|
| | |
All Rights Reserved, , TechTarget |
|
|
|
|
|
