Installation with YaST

Contents

1.1. Choosing the Installation Media
1.2. Choosing the Installation Method
1.3. The Installation Workflow
1.4. System Start-Up for Installation
1.5. The Boot Screen
1.6. Welcome
1.7. Installation Mode
1.8. Clock and Time Zone
1.9. Desktop Selection
1.10. Suggested Partitioning
1.11. Create New User
1.12. Installation Settings
1.13. Performing the Installation
1.14. Configuration of the Installed System
1.15. Graphical Login

Abstract

Install your openSUSE® system with YaST, the central tool for installation and configuration of your system. YaST guides you through the installation process and the basic configuration of your system. During the installation and configuration process, YaST analyzes both your current system settings and your hardware components and proposes installation settings based on this analysis. By default, YaST displays an overview of all installation steps on the left hand side of the window and provides online help texts for each step. Click Help to view the help text.

If you are a first-time user of openSUSE, you might want to follow the default YaST proposals in most parts, but you can also adjust the settings as described here to fine-tune your system according to your preferences. Many parts of the basic system configuration, such as user accounts or system language, can also be modified after the installation process.

Choosing the Installation Media

When installing openSUSE, choose from several media available either online or in the retail box:

DVD-retail

One DVD containing the openSUSE distribution for 32bit and 64bit systems. The second medium contains proprietary add-on software.

This installation option does not require any network access for installation, nor do you need to set up external repositories to install the full openSUSE. You can, however, make the contents of the DVD available on an installation server and make them available all across your network.

DVD-download

One DVD5, available via download for 32bit or 64bit systems.

Choose this installation option if you want a fully-fledged openSUSE system. Beyond the downloading of the DVD ISO, there is no network connection required to make use of this installation option. Once the medium has been fully downloaded and the physical medium created, you can go ahead with the installation. You can also make the contents of the DVDs available on an installation server and make them available all across your network.

KDE4/GNOME LiveCD

The LiveCD versions, available via download, include the KDE4 or GNOME desktops together with the most popular applications for 32-bit or 64-bit systems.

Choose this medium option for a first look at openSUSE. The LiveCD version runs on your computer using RAM without touching your hard drive and no installation is needed. However, you can also install openSUSE from the running live system. There is no network connection required beyond the mere downloading of the medium.

Booting the LiveCD from an USB Stick

	Booting the LiveCD from an USB Stick
Live CD iso images can also be used as boot images for USB sticks. Create a bootable USB stick by using the command-line program dd with the following syntax: dd if=`ISO_IMAGE` of=`USB_STICK_DEVICE` bs=4M dd is available on Linux and MacOS by default. A Microsoft Windows* version can be downloaded from http://www.chrysocome.net/dd. Warning: Using this dd command will erase all data on the USB device!

Live CD iso images can also be used as boot images for USB sticks. Create a bootable USB stick by using the command-line program dd with the following syntax:

dd if=ISO_IMAGE of=USB_STICK_DEVICE bs=4M

dd is available on Linux and MacOS by default. A Microsoft Windows* version can be downloaded from http://www.chrysocome.net/dd.

Warning: Using this dd command will erase all data on the USB device!

Mini CD

The Mini CD contains the minimal Linux system needed to run the installation. The installation system itself and the installation data are loaded from a network source. To install from a network providing SLP, please start the installation as described in Section 1.2.1, “Installing from a Network Server Using SLP”. To install from a HTTP, FTP, NFS, or SMB server, follow the instructions in Section 1.2.2, “Installing from a Network Source without SLP”.

	Add-On CDs—Installing Additional Software
Although add-on CDs (extensions or third-party products) cannot be used as stand-alone installation media, they can be embedded as additional software sources during the installation. Currently CDs with additional languages are available as add-on CDs for openSUSE.