Chapter 14. Booting the Installer Important Graphical installation is recommended. Because Power Systems servers primarily use text consoles, anaconda will not automatically start a graphical installation. However, the graphical installer offers more features and customization and is recommended if your system has a graphical display. To start a graphical installation, pass the vnc boot option (refer to Section 28.2.1, "Enabling Remote Access with VNC" ). Important On some machines yaboot may not boot, returning the error message: To work around this issue, change real-base to c00000 . You can obtain the value of real-base from the OpenFirmware prompt with the printenv command and set the value with the setenv command. To boot an IBM Power Systems server from a DVD, you must specify the install boot device in the System Management Services (SMS) menu. To enter the System Management Services GUI, press the 1 key during the boot process when you hear the chime sound. This brings up a graphical interface similar to the one described in this section. On a text console, press 1 when the self test is displaying the banner along with the tested components: Figure 14.1. SMS console Once in the SMS menu, select the option for Select Boot Options . In that menu, specify Select Install or Boot a Device . There, select CD/DVD , and then the bus type (in most cases SCSI). If you are uncertain, you can select to view all devices. This scans all available buses for boot devices, including network adapters and hard drives. Finally, select the device containing the installation DVD. Yaboot is loaded from this device and you are presented with a boot: prompt. To begin a graphical installation, pass the vnc boot option now. Otherwise. press Enter or wait for the timeout to expire for the installation to begin. Use yaboot with vmlinuz and ramdisk to boot your system over a network. You cannot use the ppc64.img to boot over a network; the file is too large for TFTP. 14.1. The Boot Menu The installer displays the boot: prompt. For example: To proceed with installation, type linux and press Enter . You can also specify boot options at this prompt; refer to Chapter 28, Boot Options for more information. For example, to use the installer to rescue a previously installed system, type linux rescue and press Enter . The following example shows the vnc boot option being passed to begin a graphical installation:

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