| openSUSE Documentation Chapter 1. Installation with YaST / 1.3. The Boot Screen | ||||
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| openSUSE Documentation Chapter 1. Installation with YaST / 1.3. The Boot Screen | ||||
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| 1.2. System Start-Up for Installation | 1.4. Language Selection | | |
The boot screen displays a number of options for the installation procedure. boots the installed system. This item is selected by default, because the CD is often left in the drive. To install the system, select one of the installation options with the arrow keys. The relevant options are:
The normal installation mode. All modern hardware functions are enabled.
If the normal installation fails, this might be due to the system hardware not supporting ACPI (advanced configuration and power interface). If this seems to be the case, use this option to install without ACPI support.
If the normal installation fails, this might be due to the system hardware not supporting local APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controllers). If this seems to be the case, use this option to install without local APIC support.
If you are not sure, try one of the following options first: or .
Boots the system with the DMA mode (for CD-ROM drives) and power management functions disabled. Experts can also use the command line to enter or change kernel parameters.
Starts a minimal Linux system without a graphical user interface. For more information, see Section 13.6.3.2, “Using the Rescue System”.
Starts a BIOS checker that validates ACPI and other parts of your BIOS.
Tests your system RAM using repeated read and write cycles. Terminate the test by rebooting. For more information, see Section 13.2.5, “Fails to Boot”.
Use the function keys indicated in the bar at the bottom of the screen to change a number of installation settings.
Get context-sensitive help for the active element of the boot screen.
Select the display language for the installation.
Select various graphical display modes for the installation. Select if the graphical installation causes problems.
Normally, the installation is performed from the inserted installation medium. Here, select other sources, like FTP or NFS servers. If the installation is carried out in a network with an SLP server, select one of the installation sources available on the server with this option. Information about SLP is available in Chapter SLP Services in the Network (↑Reference).
Press this key to tell the system that you have an optional disk with a driver update for openSUSE. You will be asked to insert the update disk at the appropriate point in the installation process.
A few seconds after starting the installation, openSUSE loads a minimal Linux system to run the installation procedure. If you want to know what is going on during the boot process, press Esc to see messages and copyright notices scroll by. At the end of the loading process, the YaST installation program starts. After a few more seconds, the screen should display the graphical installer. The actual installation of openSUSE begins at this point.
