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Installing the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 operating system with
Service Pack 4
This topic provides instructions on installing the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 operating system with
Service Pack 4 (x64 and x86).
To install the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 operating system with Service Pack 4, do the following:
1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup
device. Then, start the server from the optical drive.
2. In the “SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Welcome” window, depending on the SATA configuration on your
server, do one of the following:
• If your SATA configuration is set as onboard RAID, select Installation . Then press E to enter editing
mode. Modify the start parameter from
linuxefi /boot/x86_64/loader/linux
to
linuxefi /boot/x86_
64/loader/linux brokenmosules=ahci
. Then, press F10.
• If your SATA configuration is set as Add–on RAID, select Installation and then press Enter.
• If the operating system is to be installed on SAN through ISCIS/FCOE, do the following:
a. Select Installation .
b. Press E to enter editing mode. Then modify the start parameter from
linuxefi/boot/x86_64/
loader/linux
to
linuxefi /boot/x86_64/loader/linux driverupdate=1
.
c. Press F10. In the “Pls choose the Driver Update medium” window, locate the disk in which the
drive is located, and then click OK .
d. Select Back to finish loading the driver.
• If your SATA configuration is set as non-RAID, select Installation , and then press Enter.
3. In the Welcome window, select your language and keyboard layout and then select I Agree to the
License Terms . Click Next .
4. In the Media Check window, click Next to go ahead.
5. In the Installation Mode window, select New Installation , and then click Next .
6. Verify your region and time zone, and then click Accept ➙ Next .
7. In the Server Base Scenario window, select Physical Machine(Also for Fully Virtualized Guests) and
then click Next .
8. When the Installation Settings window is displayed, create a drive partition you need.
• Manually create a root partition (/)
To create a root partition, do the following:
a. Click Partitioning and select Custom Partition (for experts) . Click Next .
b. In the Expert Partitioner window, select Hard Disks from System view and select the drive (for
example, sda ) for installing the operating system. Then, click Add .
c. In the New Partition Type window, select Primary Partition and click Next .
d. In the New Partitions Size window, select Custom Size .
e. Type the amount of space in the Custom Size field and then click Next .
f. In the Formatting partition area, select Ext3 from the File system drop-down list box.
g. In the Mounting partition area, select the forward slash (/) from the Mount Point drop-down list
box.
h. Click Finish .
• Manually create a boot partition (/boot)
Chapter 2
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Installing an operating system in legacy mode
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