Owner's Manual

Contents 3
Contents
Installing and Reinstalling SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 . . . . 5
Using the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility media
. . . . . 5
Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Using the
SUSE Linux media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing on Systems With a Dell Utility Partition
. . . . . . . . 7
Obtaining the DKMS Framework for Device Drivers
. . . . . . 7
Updating Your System Packages Using YOU . . . . . . . . . . 7
Configuring Your System Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Important Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Systems Configured With an nVidia Chipset Fail to Boot
. . . . 8
SATA Optical Drives Not Supported With
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Incorrect CPU Core Information is Displayed on
Systems Running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 . . . . . . . 9
Linux Enumeration of NICs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
USB Subsystem not Functional With
More Than 2.5 GB of RAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
System Hang When Running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
on SATA Systems With More Than 3 GB of RAM . . . . . . . . 9
Problems Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
With a CERC SATA Six-Channel RAID Controller
. . . . . . . 10
Performing Nonanonymous FTP Installations
. . . . . . . . . 10
Possible Segmentation Fault in Third-Party Applications
With New Support for NX
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Large Virtual Resolution Displayed
When DRAC Is Present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installation Hangs on PowerEdge 6800 and 6850
With Less Than Four CPUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing on Systems With Less Than 512 MB of RAM
. . . . 11
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