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book.book Page 2 Monday, May 5, 2008 1:50 PM Notes and Notices NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2006–2008 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden.
book.book Page 3 Monday, May 5, 2008 1:50 PM Contents Installing and Reinstalling SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . 5 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 4 Using the SUSE Linux Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 6 Monday, May 5, 2008 1:50 PM Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 4 Using the SUSE Linux Media NOTE: To mount storage partitions consistently, it is recommended that you place file system labels on all file systems and mount the file systems by file system label. This provides consistent file system naming and identification and allows the system to boot correctly when storage is added to or removed from the system.
book.book Page 7 Monday, May 5, 2008 1:50 PM Installing or Reinstalling SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 4 on Systems With a Dell Utility Partition To install the boot loader on the first sector of the boot partition without overwriting the master boot record, perform the following steps using YaST: 1 Select the Booting menu option from within YaST. 2 Select Boot Loader Section of Boot Partition under Boot Loader Location.
book.book Page 8 Monday, May 5, 2008 1:50 PM 4 Insert the Driver Update diskette when prompted and press . Please choose the Driver Update Medium appears. 5 In the main menu, select fd0 (floppy). Select OK and press to scan the driver diskette. The Driver Update diskette is scanned and Reading the Driver Update... appears, followed by Driver Update OK. Press to exit the Boot menu.
book.book Page 9 Monday, May 5, 2008 1:50 PM SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 4 Hangs During Initialization on Systems With Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Processors With More Than 4 GB RAM SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 4 kernel 2.6.5-7.308 installs successfully on a system with a Quad-Core Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Opteron processor with more than 4 GB RAM. However, the system hangs while booting after the installation. A solution to this issue is available in kernel version 2.6.5-7.
book.book Page 10 Monday, May 5, 2008 1:50 PM Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator Alerts Not Received in KDE Console The KDE text console, known as Kconsole, cannot display Dell OpenManage Server Administrator alerts if the alert action is configured to broadcast the event to all SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 active consoles. When using KDE, alternatives such as Xconsole displays the broadcast alert correctly.
book.book Page 11 Monday, May 5, 2008 1:50 PM To workaround this issue, comment the line beginning with BusID in the /etc/X11/XF86Config file. This issue will be resolved in a future SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 update. Finding More Information • For additional information about using and administering the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 operating system, see www.novell.com/linux.
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