Opensuse ppc network install

When no keyboard is attached, the OpenFirmware prompt will automatically be redirected to the serial console. Keep in mind that if nothing else is specified e.

Prepare a typical TFTP server environment, and make the following files from the ISO image available in the tftp directory: yaboot , yaboot. Pick yaboot as the file to execute. There is a limitation with the Apple firmware — it only supports downloading images from the network up to a certain size reports say around 6 MB.

Suggested alternative: prepare the hard disk with an MSDOS partition table easiest and an ext2 partition yaboot can read this containing the installation kernel.

Details to be added. Despite a potential VGA card, linuxrc will not start in ncurses mode, but fallback to the even lighter serial CLI-style prompt. Live with it No ftp. You will need to manually do partitioning using the pdisk 8 utility, available from the rescue system or the install system i.

You can do that anytime you find yourself a shell prompt. Create the new table using "i". The Rescue entry after menuentry is some descriptive text; this can be anything you like. Omit it for a normal or upgrade installation. The first command will load the installation kernel and initrd into memory, and the second will start the new kernel. Moments after issuing the kexec -e command, you will see the boot messages of the new installation kernel as it initializes.

The wikis are now using the new authentication system. Jump to: navigation , search. This article covers the methods and procedures for installing openSUSE over the network. Tested on openSUSE. Recommended articles. SDB:Installation help.

Related articles. Categories : SDB:Installation Create account Cancel Log in. Boot screen When you boot from your network-install medium, you will be presented with the following list: Select Installation. Press [F2] to choose the language and your keyboard layout. No recommendations. After rebooting the configuration went through only to leave me with a black screen.

X-server was not working properly. Switching to a console ctrl-alt-F1 and loggin in as root I found the video not working properly. Later researching it i found out my video card is not supported by the ATI driver. Yes sax2 will complain that this resolution will not work but I don't care about this. Who changes the configuration of an old laptop anyhow? At the Section "Module" I added Load "dri" for general video acceleration hoping that this is correct The other important sections of my xorg.