1. Insert the installation DVD in your drive. Reboot the computer. The installation boot screen appears.

2. Installation type. Type suse and then press Enter.

3. Swap space. Select whether you want to create a swap partition or a swap file. A swap partition is the default, and the one recommended. With a single hard disk, the swap partition will default to sda1. The system will reboot and open YaST. (If your hard disk already has a swap partition, the installer will skip this step.)

4. License. Read the Novell Software License Agreement. If you agree, select Yes and click Next. (If you select No, it ends the install process.) You are prompted to select an install mode. The system is probed to make sure minimum hardware requirements are met.

NOTE

Sometimes installation can fail because the computer hardware doesn't support certain features, such as power management (ACPI or APM) or DMA on hard drives or removable media. For those cases, you can try starting installation by selecting ACPI Disabled (which turns off ACPI) or Safe Settings (which turns off ACPI and APM as well as turning off DMA for any IDE CD, DVD, or hard drives).

5. Installation mode. Here you can choose whether to run a new installation or upgrade from an older version. Choosing to upgrade an existing openSUSE Linux installation will take more time than a clean (new) installation. You can also select the Include Add-On Products From Separate Media option if you have downloaded and burned a copy of the Add-On CD for openSUSE 10.3.

CAUTION

For either an upgrade or a new installation, you should back up all your data before you start.

6. Network setup. You are prompted to set up your network connection, so you can get files from remote repositories if they are needed. When prompted, choose the type of network connection to use (DHCP or static addressing).

7. Online repositories. A list of online repositories for SUSE appears. The main OSS repository and no­open source repository are both available for download.
8. Clock and time zone. Select the geographic region and time zone in which you're located. If the time is wrong, click Change, type your new date and/or time, and click Apply. Note that other operating systems may not expect the Hardware Clock (in the BIOS) to be set to UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). If you dual-boot, you may want to consider setting this to Local time so it does not conflict with other operating systems. Linux will work with either mode. Select Next to continue. You are asked to choose a Desktop.