Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION Installation Manual

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This Quick Start lists the system requirements for SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop and guides you through theinstallation of your product: choose between Section “Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop” or Section“Updating SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop”. For more detailed installation instructions and deployment strategies,see the Deployment Guide at http://www.novell.com/documentation/sled10/pdfdoc/sled10_deployment_sp2/sled10_deployment_sp2.pdf.System Requirements• Personal computer with a Pentium* III 500 MHz or higherprocessor (Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or higher or any AMD64for Intel* EM64T processor recommended)• 256 MB physical RAM (512 MB recommended)• 800 MB available disk space (2.5 GB recommended)• 800 x 600 display resolution (1024 x 768 or higher recom-mended)Installing SUSE Linux EnterpriseDesktopUse these instructions if there is no existing Linux systemon your machine or if you want to replace an existing Linuxsystem. See Section “Updating SUSE Linux Enterprise Desk-top” for information on updating a SLED 10 system.1. Insert the first SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop ServicePack CD or the DVD into the drive, then reboot thecomputer to start the installation program.2. Select Installation on the boot screen, then press Enter.This loads the installation program and starts the instal-lation in normal mode. You can also select from thefollowing options:• Boot from Hard Disk: Boots the system alreadyinstalled on the hard drive (the system that is normal-ly booted when the machine is started).• Installation—ACPI Disabled: If the normal instal-lation fails, it could be because the system hardwaredoes not support the Advanced Configuration andPower Interface (ACPI). If this seems to be the case,use this option to install without ACPI support.• Installation—Local APIC Disabled: If the normalinstallation fails, it could be because the systemhardware does not support the local Advanced Pro-grammable Interrupt Controller (APIC). If this seemsto be the case, use this option to install without localAPIC support.• Installation—Safe Settings: Boots the systemwith the DMA mode (for CD-ROM drives) and anyinterfering power management functions disabled.You can also use the command line to enter orchange kernel parameters.• Rescue System: If you are unable to boot intoyour installed Linux system, you can boot the com-puter from the CD using this option. This starts aminimal Linux system without a graphical user inter-face, which lets you access disk partitions for trou-bleshooting and repairing the installed system.• Memory Test: Tests your system RAM by meansof repeated read and write cycles. This is done in anInstallation Quick StartSUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2NOVELL® QUICK START CARD1