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Chapter 1 ✦ Installing SUSE 10

Figure 1-2: Boot options

✦ Boot from Hard Disk — This is the default setting if you do not interact with

the boot sequence. It’s the default because your system automatically reboots
as part of the installation process to load the kernel that is installed on your
hard drive during the initial phases of the installation process. If you forget to
remove the installation media, the system will still boot off the hard disk and
the install routine can continue.

✦ Installation — This is the standard option that most users should select. It will

boot from the CD and start the install routine (YaST). We discuss the rest of
the process in the remainder of this chapter.

✦ Installation — ACPI Disabled — Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

(ACPI) is a feature of most new processors that controls power management
and the way interrupts are handled by the system hardware. You should
select this option if you encounter problems during the installation process,
such as if your computer system goes to sleep (blanks the screen and powers
down the drives) and if pressing the appropriate keystroke does not wake it
up again.

✦ Installation — Safe Settings — As with the ACPI Disabled installation method,

this turns off some of the features of the kernel that can cause problems 
with buggy or old system hardware. You should select this option if you

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