Monday, August 11, 2008

Remote installation of OpenSuse-11 on an IBM PPC

1. Setup the DHCP/BOOTP/PXE/TFTP server to boot from network
3. Boot from network
4. The yaboot prompt will appear. Please enter
install vnc=1 ssh=1
to start the installation on vnc and to enable ssh connections.
5. You'll be asked to enter the vnc and ssh password. Please enter a password of your choice here.
Enter your VNC password>
Enter your temporary SSH password>
6. You'll be asked to choose the network interface you want to use.
Choose the network device.
1) eth1 : Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5704S Gigabit Ethern
2) eth0 : Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5704S Gigabit Ethern
Automatic configuration via DHCP?
1) Yes
2) No

7 Opensuse now starts the installer, Connect to the VNC server with a viewer of your choice
vncviewer :1

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