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1.7.7 Boot Configuration (Boot Loader Installation)
Note
S/390, zSeries: Boot Loader Configuration
The module described below cannot be used to configure the
boot loader (zipl) on IBM S/390 and zSeries platforms.
Note
During the installation, YaST proposes a boot configuration for your sys-
tem. Normally, leave these settings unchanged. However, if you need a cus-
tom setup, modify the proposal for your system.
One possibility is to configure the boot mechanism to rely on a special boot
floppy. Although this has the disadvantage that it requires the floppy to
be in the drive when booting, it leaves an existing boot mechanism un-
touched. Normally this should not be necessary, however, because YaST
can configure the boot loader to boot existing operating systems as well.
Another possibility with the configuration is to change the location of the
boot mechanism on the hard disk.
To change the boot configuration proposed by YaST, select ‘Booting’ to
open a dialog in which to change many details of the boot mechanism. For
information, read Section 8.6 on page 222.
1.7.8 Time Zone
In this dialog, shown in Figure 1.15 on the next page, choose between
Local Time and UTC under ‘Hardware clock set to’. The selection de-
pends on how the hardware (BIOS) clock is set on your machine. If it is set
to GMT, which corresponds to UTC, your system can rely on SUSE LINUX
to switch from standard time to daylight savings time and back automati-
cally.
1.7.9 Language
The language was already selected at the beginning of the installation (see
Section 1.4 on page 12). However, you can change this setting here. Op-
tionally use ‘Details’ to set the language for the user root. There are three
options:
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