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2 Press[

] and selectText Mode.

3 SelectInstallationand proceedwith the installationas describedin Chapter1,

Installation with YaST (↑Reference).

Procedure A.5 VNC Installation

1 Boot forinstallation.

2 Enterthe followingtext at the boot optionsprompt:

vnc=1 vncpassword= some_password

Replace

some_password

with the password to use for VNC installation.

3 SelectInstallationthen press[ Enter] to startthe installation.

Instead of startingright into the graphical installation routine, the system

continuesto run in a text mode, then halts, displaying a messagecontaining

the IP address and port numberat which the installercan be reachedviaa

browser interfaceor a VNC viewer application.

4 If using a browserto accessthe installer,launch the browserand enterthe

address information provided by the installationroutineson the future open-

SUSE machine and hit[ Enter]:

http:// ip_address_of_machine:5801

A dialog opens in the browserwindow prompting you for the VNC password.

Enter it and proceed with the installationas describedin Chapter1, Installation

with YaST (↑Reference).

IMPORTANT

Installationvia VNC workswith any browserunder any operatingsystem,

provided Java supportis enabled.

Provide the IP addressand password to your VNC viewerwhenprompted.A

window opens,displaying the installationdialogs. Proceed with the installation

as usual.

Only MinimalisticBoot Screen Started

You insertedthe medium into the drive, the BIOS routines are finished,but the system

does not startwith the graphical boot screen. Insteadit launchesa very minimalistic

text-based interface. This may happen on any machinenot providing sufficient

graphicsmemory for renderinga graphical boot screen.

Although the text boot screen looks minimalistic,it provides nearly the same func-

tionality as the graphicalone:

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