Datasheet

“main” (Installation and Administration) — 2004/6/25 — 13:29 — page 154 — #180

Uploading the Installation Data The most lengthy step in conﬁguring

an installation server is the copying of the actual SUSE LINUX CDs.

Insert the media in the sequence requested by YaST and wait for the

copying procedure to end. When the sources have been fully copied,

return to the overview of existing information sources and close the

conﬁguration by selecting ‘Finish’.

Your conﬁguration server is now fully conﬁgured and ready for service. It

is automatically started every time the system is started. No further inter-

vention is required. You only need to conﬁgure and start this service cor-

rectly by hand if you have deactivated the automatic conﬁguration of the

selected network service with YaST as an initial step.

If your installation server should provide the installation data for more

than one product of product version, start the YaST installation server mod-

ule and select ‘Conﬁgure’ in the overview of existing installation sources

(see Figure 4.2) to conﬁgure the new installation source.

Figure 4.2: YaST Installation Server: Overview of Installation Sources

To deactivate an installation source, select ‘Change’ in the overview to

reach a list of all available installation sources. Choose the entry to remove

here and select ‘Delete’. This delete procedure only relates to the deactiva-

tion of the server service. The installation data itself remains in the direc-

tory chosen. However, you can remove it manually.

154 4.1. Setting up a Central Installation Server