Network Installation From ISO Images

Before you begin installing the Java Desktop System from the network, you need to have the following:

• IP address of your machine

• IP address of a nameserver

• IP address of an NFS server

• Network subnet mask

• Type of network card installed

• Three boot disks

Boot Disks

You must have three boot disks before you start the installation from the network installation. The boot disks are available from the following:

• On disk labelled CD1 included with your Java Desktop System installation package.

• From your network install image in the boot folder.

The boot disks are named as follows:

• bootdisk

• modules1

• modules3

Use the following command to make other disks, if required:

dd if=/export/suseimage/boot/bootdisk of=/dev/fd0

You may need additional disks depending on your hardware, for example, SCSI controllers and USB drives.