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50 Reference<br />

Preparing for VNC Installation<br />

All you need to do on the installation target to prepare for a VNC installation is to<br />

provide the appropriate boot options at the initial boot for installation (see Section 1.4.3,<br />

“Using Custom Boot Options” (page 47)). The target system boots into a text-based<br />

environment and waits for a VNC client to connect to the installation program.<br />

The installation program announces the IP address and display number needed to connect<br />

for installation. If you have physical access to the target system, this information is<br />

provided right after the system booted for installation. Enter this data when your VNC<br />

client s<strong>of</strong>tware prompts for it and provide your VNC password.<br />

Because the installation target announces itself via OpenSLP, you can retrieve the address<br />

information <strong>of</strong> the installation target via an SLP browser without the need for any<br />

physical contact to the installation itself provided your network setup and all machines<br />

support OpenSLP:<br />

1 Start the KDE file and Web browser Konqueror.<br />

2 Enter service://yast.installation.suse in the location bar.<br />

The target system then appears as an icon in the Konqueror screen. Clicking this<br />

icon launches the KDE VNC viewer in which to perform the installation. Alternatively,<br />

run your VNC viewer s<strong>of</strong>tware with the IP address provided and add<br />

:1 at the end <strong>of</strong> the IP address for the display the installation is running on.<br />

Connecting to the Installation Program<br />

Basically, there are two ways to connect to a VNC server (the installation target in this<br />

case). You can either start an independent VNC viewer application on any operating<br />

system or connect using a Java-enabled Web browser.<br />

Using VNC, you can control the installation <strong>of</strong> a Linux system from any other operating<br />

system, including other Linux flavors, Windows, or Mac OS.<br />

On a Linux machine, make sure that the package tightvnc is installed. On a Windows<br />

machine, install the Windows port <strong>of</strong> this application, which can be obtained at the<br />

TightVNC home page (http://www.tightvnc.com/download.html).

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