>>> On 10/1/2008 at 12:34 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Stuart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Seeing as how no one has actually answered your question... -snip- > I am preparing to do a new 'bare-metal' (i.e. LPAR) install of Suse 10 SP 2. > No, no z/VM, no IFL. My condolences, along with everyone else's. -snip- > I installed SLES 9 SP 3 at one time, with considerable assistance from a > Novell engineer (Thanks Mike!), so I have done this once before. But now > it's time for SLES 10. When you thanked Mike in the mailing list before, I passed that on to him. He really appreciated it, since > I am looking for any pointers, gotcha's I need to watch for, hints/tips, > etc. The main thing is that the directory/file layout on the network installation server has been changed dramatically, for the better. Instead of the Byzantine set of directories and symbolic links, what you have now is a simple /path/to/top-level/ or /path/to/top-level/CD1, CD2, etc. I recommend using the DVD so you don't even need the CD[123] directories. The next thing is that if you use FTP to access the installation media, the path you specify is _relative_ to whatever directory the FTP server puts you in when you connect. So, don't start the path with a "/". If you need to go "down" in the hierarchy, tell it the path is "dir1/dir2/etc." If you need to go "up," then tell it "../../../etc." Since you're going to be installing SP2, get the release notes for SLES10 GA and SP1 as well, since there's a lot of information in them that doesn't get repeated in later releases. The dialog to set up your network has changed quite a bit, so watch it carefully. The various parameters you can specify in the parmfile to automate the network setup are totally different. I really recommend using the parmfile to do that, since you're likely to wind up trying the install more than once. In very general terms, there shouldn't be any real gotcha's doing an LPAR install that wouldn't happen with a z/VM guest install. As before, if you need help, open an SR. With SLES10, there's no pre-set limit on how many you can open, so don't burn a huge amount of your own time if you hit a wall. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
