I installed SuSE SLES8 2 weeks ago on our FLEX-ES system, using SAMBA running on the Red Hat base OS, which mostly serves up our IBM manuals. I used the X install method, after first issuing the following command on my SuSE 8.2 workstation:
xhost ip.of.the.new.SLES8
After it is installed, and you want to run yast2 or other X applications you need to issue:
export DISPLAY=ip.of.your.workstation:0.0
Tuesday I installed SP2 RC1, and yesterday our DBA installed Oracle 9i R2 with no problems.
Creating accounts with the X based yast2 took a couple tries, but the secret is to complete one at a time, going through finish, before starting the next one. Also, double check the group associations, as defaults seem to creep in. Yours will be faster if you are not using NIS with many hundreds of user entries.
Lynx is missing, but there is a full X-based Mozilla instead. It is a little slow, unless you have a zSeries, but works great.
Only things we needed were:
Yast2 not found support note: http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/jreuter_sles8_yast_missing.html
SLES8 Errata E1 (requires product registration): http://sdb.suse.de/en/psdb/html/38bae0ebfad32ac3ff215ef79f4a4958.html
SLES8 Oracle 9i R2 install notes (ignore x86-only part): http://www.suse.de/en/business/certifications/certified_software/oracle/db/9iR2_sles8.html
Regards, Jim
