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Installation with YaST
Normally, the BIOS setup can only be accessed at a specific time — when
the machine is booting. During this initialization phase, the machine per-
forms a number of diagnostic hardware tests. One of them is a memory
check, as indicated by a memory counter. When the counter appears, look
for a line, usually below the counter or somewhere at the bottom, mention-
ing the key to press to access the BIOS setup. Usually the key to press is
Del ,
F1 , or
Esc . Press this key until the BIOS setup screen appears.
Note
Keyboard Layout in the BIOS
The BIOS is often limited to the US keyboard layout.
Note
To change the boot sequence in an AWARD BIOS, look for the ‘BIOS FEA-
TURES SETUP’ entry. Other manufacturers may have a different name for
this, such as ‘ADVANCED CMOS SETUP’. When you have found the entry,
select it and confirm with
Enter .
In the screen that opens, look for a subentry called ‘BOOT SEQUENCE’.
The boot sequence is often set to something like C,A or A,C. In the for-
mer case, the machine first searches the hard disk (C) then the floppy drive
(A) to find a bootable medium. Change the settings by pressing
PgUp or
PgDown until the sequence is A,CDROM,C.
Leave the BIOS setup screen by pressing
Esc . To save the changes, select
‘SAVE & EXIT SETUP’ or press
F10 . To confirm that your settings should
be saved, press
Y .
If you have a SCSI CD-ROM drive, change the setup of the SCSI BIOS. In
the case of an Adaptec host adapter, for instance, open the setup by press-
ing
Ctrl -
A . After that, select ‘Disk Utilities’, which displays the connected
hardware components. Make a note of the SCSI ID for your CD-ROM
drive. Exit the menu with
Esc then open ‘Configure Adapter Settings’.
Under ‘Additional Options’, select ‘Boot Device Options’ and press
Enter .
Enter the ID of the CD-ROM drive and press
Enter again. Then press
Esc
twice to return to the start screen of the SCSI BIOS. Exit this screen and con-
firm with ‘Yes’ to boot the computer.
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