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
zypper install -y kernel-source kernel-syms zypper install -y tkdiff xemacs xv zypper install -y gcc gcc-c++ zypper install -y bison flex ncurses-devel zypper install -y iftop
Add new software package sources
Activate all remote package sources, disable local DVD package source using the command
/sbin/yast2 inst_source
Then add suser-guru and packman
zypper -v sa http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/suser-guru/rpm/10.2/ guru102 zypper -v sa http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.2/ packman102
CUPS printing
Start yast2, select Hardware then PrinterBR AddBR Network PrintersBR Print via CUPS Network ServerBR CUPS Client OnlyBR server name irprint1BR OK