Quick Start Guide

nized by the operating system. The vendor typically releases a Driver Update Disk
with the xed or updated version of the required driver.
In both cases you need to access the installed system in the rescue mode and x
the kernel related problem, otherwise the system may fail to boot correctly:
1 Boot from the openSUSE installation media.
2 If you are recovering after a faulty kernel update, skip this step. If you need
to use a driver update disk (DUD), press [F6] to load the driver update after
the boot menu appears, and choose the path or URL to the driver update and
conrm with Yes.
3 Choose Rescue System from the boot menu and press [Enter]. If you chose
to use DUD, you will be asked to specify where the driver update is stored.
4
Enter root at the Rescue: prompt. A password is not required.
5 Manually mount the target system and “change root” into the new environ-
ment. For more information, see Section “Accessing the Installed Sys-
tem” (page 265).
6 If using DUD, install/reinstall/update the faulty device driver package. Always
make sure the installed kernel version exactly matches the version of the
driver you are installing.
If xing faulty kernel update installation, you can install the original kernel
from the installation media with the following procedure.
6a
Identify your DVD device with hwinfo --cdrom and mount it with
mount /dev/sr0 /mnt.
6b Navigate to the directory where your kernel les are stored on the
DVD, for example cd /mnt/suse/x86_64/.
6c
Install required kernel-*, kernel-*-base, and kernel-*-extra pack-
ages of your avor with the rpm -i command.
6d After the installation nishes, check that a new menu entry relevant
for the newly installed kernel was added to the boot loader congu-
ration le (/boot/grub/menu.lst for grub).
7 Update conguration les and reinitialize the boot loader if needed. For more
information, see Section “Modifying and Reinstalling the Boot Load-
er” (page 266)
8 Remove any bootable media from the system drive and reboot.
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