openSUSE 12.2 x86

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openSUSE 12.2 x86_64

You can install this distro in Linux appliances.

Follow these steps:

Upload the installation DVD to the /vol/_impex/ directory.

Open the grid shell and initialize the installation with the following command:

util iso2class app_name=openSUSE_12-2_x64 install_size=5G console_type=graphic iso_volume1=openSUSE-12.2-DVD-x86_64.iso os=linux virt_mode=xen_pv,xen_hvm cpu=0.5 mem=1.5G bw=1M

The following prompt appears:

When you have finished installing from iso_volume1 and are ready to reboot so that remaining volume(s) become available, press [Enter]

Access the AppLogic GUI, select the openSUSE_12-2_x64 application, and click the Login (graphic) icon.
The OpenSUSE installation wizard displays a series of screens for you to select your preferences.
For some screens, you can make your own choices or accept default values, but for the following screens, select the following values:
1. OpenSUSE installer initial screen: select Installation, and press Enter.
2. Installation Mode: select New Installation and Use Automatic Configuration, and click Next.
3. Desktop Selection: select Other and Minimal Server Selection, and click Next.
4. Suggested Partitioning: click Create Partition Setup.
5. Preparing Hard Disk: select Custom Partitioning, and click Next.
6. Expert Partitioner: Open the Hard Disks tree, select /dev/hda, and click Add.
7. Add Partition on /dev/hda: select Primary Partition, and click Next.
8. Add Partition on /dev/hda: select Maximum Size, and click Next.
9. Add Partition on /dev/hda:
  - File System: select ext3
  - Mount Point: /
10. Click Fstab Options.
  The Fstab Options dialog opens.
11. Select UUID, accept other defaults, and click OK.
  You are returned to the Add Partition on /dev/hda screen.
12. Click Finish, and click Yes in response to the warning.
  You are returned to the Suggest Partitioning screen.
13. Click Next.
14. Create New User: accept defaults and click Next.
15. Password for the System Administrator "root": enter the password for a root user, and click Next.
16. Click Booting, select Boot from Master Boot Record, deselect all others, and click OK.
  A Status Location: <device> (MBR) bullet appears under Booting, such as Status Location: /dev/sda (MBR).
17. Click Software, and select Enhanced Base System, Console Tools, 32-bit Runtime Environment, and any other packages you might need.
18. Click Details.
  A dialog appears.
19. Click the Search tab, search for dhcp, locate the dhcp-client package, and select it.
20. Search for kernel-xen, and select it, and click Accept to close the dialog.
  A summary screen appears displaying all changed packages.
21. Click Continue.
22. Installation Settings: click Install.
23. Confirm Installation: click Install.
  A progress screen appears.
24. Perform Installation: Wait for the installation to complete, and click OK to reboot.
Complete the installation:
1. Return to the grid shell.
  The following prompt still appears:
```
When you have finished installing from iso_volume1 and are ready to reboot so that remaining volume(s) become available, press [Enter]
```
2. Press Enter, Y, Enter.
  The following prompt appears:
```
When you have finished with the installation, press [Enter] to continue
```
3. Press Enter, Y, Enter.
  A prompt appears to specify whether to install msi/APK.
4. Press 2, Enter to select NOT to install the msi/APK.
  A prompt appears to specify whether to call hvm2pv now.
5. Press 2, Enter to select NOT to call hvm2pv now.
6. Log in to the GUI of openSUSE_12-2_x64 application and wait until YaST2 completes the Firstboot process. Close the GUI after you see the login prompt.
  You now should have a openSUSE 12.2 application named openSUSE_12-2_x64 running.
7. Enter the following command to stop the application:
```
app stop openSUSE_12-2_x64
```
8. Specify the device schema:
  - Open the application GUI, right-click on the singleton, and select Modify Boundary.
  - On the General tab, in the Virtualization section, click Advanced, select IDE and /dev/hdX, and click OK.
  - On the Volumes tab, select the consecutive hd* (hda,hdb,hdc...) devices for all volumes (where hda is the boot volume), click OK, and save the application.
9. Enter the following command to call the hvm2pv utility:
```
util hvm2pv name=openSUSE_12-2_x64:main.iso2class
```
  The following prompt appears:
```
Is the pre-requisite software installed?
```
10. Press Y, Enter.
  A confirmation prompt appears.
11. Press Y, Enter to confirm the openSUSE OS and 64-bit architecture.
  A prompt appears to set up a new root password.
12. Press N, Enter to NOT set up a password.
  A prompt appears to press any key when ready.
13. Press Enter to boot the appliance in PV mode.
  Note: The appliance should boot successfully in both PV and HVM modes.
  
  A prompt appears to delete the original boot volume.
14. Press Y, Enter to perform the cleanup.
You now have the managed openSUSE 12.2 x64 appliance capable of booting in PV and HVM modes.