OpenSUSE

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OpenSUSE 12.1
100px-OpenSUSE_official-logo-color.svg.png
http://www.opensuse.org/en/

Information

ERPXE Module

  • Name: - OpenSUSE
  • Version: 12.1

Plugin type

Plugin type
OpenSUSE Anti-Virus Deployment Diagnostics OS Installation Live Media Recovery Tools
No No No Yes No No

Plugin Requirments

Plugin Requirments
OpenSUSE CIFS HTTP Internet NFS Linux OS Windows OS
No Optional Optional No Yes Yes

Screen Shots

300px-OpenSUSE_12.1_KDE_desktop.png 120px-OpenSUSE_11.4_KDE_Plasma_desktop.png 120px-OS11.2-menu-dolphin.png


Special Information

openSUSE is a general purpose operating system built on top of the Linux kernel, developed by the community-supported openSUSE Project and sponsored by SUSE.

After Novell acquired SUSE Linux in January 2004, Novell decided to release the SUSE Linux Professional product as a 100% open source project.

Linux Installation Instructions

Download opensuse121-ARCH-XXX.tar.gz to /

https://sourceforge.net/projects/erpxe/files/plugins/

extract opensuse121-ARCH-XXX.tar.gz file:

tar -xvzf opensuse121-ARCH-XXX.tar.gz

Download openSUSE 12.1 ISO Latest Version to /mnt/ :

http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora

Mount ISO file to temporary location (/mnt/cdrom/)

mkdir /mnt/cdrom/
mount -o loop /mnt/openSUSE-XX.X-NET-ARCH.iso /mnt/cdrom/

openSUSE x86: Copy initrd , linux and the entire ISO to appropriate directory: (LOWER CASE ONLY!)

cp /mnt/cdrom/boot/i386/loader/initrd /tftpboot/er/plugins/opensuse/i386/initrd
cp /mnt/cdrom/boot/i386/loader/linux /tftpboot/er/plugins/opensuse/i386/linux
cp -R /mnt/cdrom/* /tftpboot/er/shares/opensuse/11.4/i386/

openSUSE x64: Copy initrd , linux and the entire ISO to appropriate directory: (LOWER CASE ONLY!)

cp /mnt/cdrom/boot/i386/loader/initrd /tftpboot/er/plugins/opensuse/x86_64/initrd
cp /mnt/cdrom/boot/i386/loader/linux /tftpboot/er/plugins/opensuse/x86_64/linux
cp -R /mnt/cdrom/* /tftpboot/er/shares/opensuse/11.4/x86_64/

Verify files with filelist.txt in each folder.

All Done!