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F4 Select the display language for the installation.
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F5 By default, diagnostic messages of the Linux kernel are not displayed
during system start-up. You only see a progress bar. To display these
messages, select ‘Native’. For a maximum of information, select ‘Ver-
bose’.
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F6 Allows you to tell the system that you have an optional disk with a
driver update for SUSE LINUX. You will be asked to insert the up-
date disk at the appropriate point in the installation process.
A few seconds after starting the installation, SUSE LINUX loads a minimal
Linux system to run the installation procedure. If you enabled ‘Native’ or
‘Verbose’, a number of messages and copyright notices scrolls by and, at
the end of the loading process, the YaST installation program starts. After
a few more seconds, the screen should display the graphical interface that
will guide you through the installation.
This is where the actual installation procedure begins, which is controlled
by the YaST installation program. All YaST screens have a common layout.
All buttons, entry fields, and lists can be accessed with the mouse or the
keyboard. If your mouse pointer cannot move, the mouse has not been au-
todetected. For the time being, you can use the keyboard for navigation.
1.4 Language Selection
YaST and SUSE LINUX in general can be configured to use different lan-
guages according to your needs. The language selected at this point is the
default used for the keyboard layout. In addition, YaST uses the language
setting to guess a time zone for the system clock. If your mouse does not
work, navigate with the arrow keys until the desired language is selected.
After this, press
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Tab until ‘Next’ is highlighted. Then press
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Enter to con-
firm your language selection.
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