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Installing SuSE 10.1 from DVD

• On the welcome screen

  • select Installation

  • enter the boot parameter vga=ask

  • press <RETURN> to start installation

  • at the prompt press <RETURN> to get list of video modes

  • in the following list of video modes select option 6.

• Select US english as language,BR

• select new installation,BR

• select Europe, Germany, hardware clock set to UTC,BR

• select KDE as desktop,BR

• modify suggested partition
• continue installation.

After the automatic rebootBR

• enter a wellknown password for root,BR

• enter proper hostname, mpe-garching.mpg.de as domain, disable DHCP update,BR

• for the network configuration
  • enable SSH in the firewall options,
  • configure the first network interface
    • static address setup
    • proper IP address, subnet mask 255.255.255.0
    • proper hostname
    • domain mpe-garching.mpg.de
    • name server 130.183.70.10 and 130.183.72.185
    • default gateway 130.183.130.1

• test the network interface,BR

• for the online update configuration

  • select configure now (be patient!)

  • BUT skip actual update

  • register all additional installation source (again be patient!)

• select local user authentication
• skip adding local user, ignore warning
• accept hardware configuration

Deactivating ZMD and friends

Using the root account:

rpm -e zmd libzypp-zmd-backend sqlite-zmd rug zen-updater

Updating the system

Using the root account:

zyper update

Then reboot to active zypper update.

After the reboot start the update again (and be patient):

zyper update

Reboot again.

Install additional software packages

CUPS printing

Start yast2, select Hardware then PrinterBR AddBR Network PrintersBR Print via CUPS Network ServerBR CUPS Client OnlyBR server name irprint1BR OK