Installing SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 on the Intel Itanium 2 Processor Family *5991-5302* HP Part Number: 5991-5302 Edition: 1, E0406
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Table of Contents About This Document.....................................................................................7 Intended Audience..................................................................................................................................7 Document Organization...........................................................................................................................7 Typographic Conventions......................................................................
List of Figures 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-4 3-1 3-2 Itanium Edition Boot Menu....................................................................................................................11 YaST Installation Type Menu..................................................................................................................12 YaST Installation Options Menu.............................................................................................................13 Choosing Software Installation...........
About This Document This document describes the procedures for installing SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server® 9 (SLES 9) for the Intel® Itanium 2® Processor Family from the Service Pack CDs. Intended Audience This document is intended for Linux system administrators and assumes that the user has experience installing and managing Linux systems. Document Organization This document Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 is organized as follows: Gives an overview of the installation process.
Manufacturing Part Number Supported Operating Systems Supported Versions Edition Number Publication Date 5991–5302 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server (SLES) SLES 9 1 April 2006 HP Encourages Your Comments HP encourages your comments concerning this document. We are committed to providing documentation that meets your needs. Send any errors found, suggestions for improvement, or compliments to: feedback@fc.hp.
1 Introduction Installing SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (SLES 9) on an HP Integrity server involves loading the operating system, and updating the system with the latest patches. If you order SLES 9 from HP, the normal procedure for installing the operating system is to use the HP Smart Setup EBSU application, provided on the HP Smart Setup CD that ship with your system hardware. However, it is also possible to do a “cold install” of SLES 9 using the Service Pack media that is provided by HP.
2 Installing from Media This chapter describes the procedures for beginning the installation process. NOTE: This chapter presents a brief summary of a basic SLES 9 installation using the SLES 9 CDs. There are other installation methods available, such as a network installation, which are beyond the scope of this document. Detailed SLES installation information is available from Novell, from the following web site: http://www.novell.com/documentation/suse.
6. 7. YaST displays a software license agreement. Confirm your approval of the agreement. After CD1 is loaded, the SLES 9 YaST Installation Type menu (Figure 2-2) is displayed. Figure 2-2 YaST Installation Type Menu 8. Select the “New installation” option and click OK. Specifying Installation Options Continue the installation by selecting and confirming partitioning, timezone, and other boot options. 1. 12 The installation options menu (Figure 2-3) is displayed.
Figure 2-3 YaST Installation Options Menu 2. To change any of these installation settings, pick the category from the Change drop-down box, then modify the category as desired. HP recommends that you use the suggested partitioning schemes. Choosing Linux Software Packages Next YaST asks you to choose the software installation method (Figure 2-4). Figure 2-4 Choosing Software Installation 1.
• Full installation — installs all software packages, including developer packages • Default system — installs KDE desktop and most of the KDE programs, but not developer packages You can also select the Detailed selection for more information. Click Accept to confirm your choice. 2. YaST then lists software packages that will be installed. Click in the checkboxes next to the software packages to select or deselect. If there are any package dependencies or conflicts, they will be identified. 3.
3 Finalizing the Installation You finalize the SLES installation by configuring networking, setting up root and other users, and setting up certificates, user authentication and hardware devices. Booting SLES 9 As the system boots, a number of informational messages are displayed. The EFI Boot Manager menu (Figure 3-1) is displayed. Figure 3-1 EFI Boot Manager Menu Select SUSE SLES 9.
Figure 3-2 Network Configuration Dialog After you are satisfied with the network configuration, click on Next. Obtaining Online Updates If you have configured an Internet connection, you can test it now. If YaST was able to connect to the SUSE servers at Novell, you will be prompted to perform an online update. You can download any patched packages from Novell. You can also choose to perform an update after the installation is finalized. Click Next to continue.
• NIS — user accounts are managed centrally by a NIS server • LDAP — user accounts are managed centrally by an LDAP server • Locally (/etc/passwd) — for systems in which user accounts are managed using a local passwords file. For details about these options, see the SUSE LINUX documentation from Novell Click on Next. Setting Local Accounts A dialog is displayed in which you can set up local user accounts. To create user accounts, fill in the fields for full user name, login name, and passwords.
