OK, tested now also on EFIKA. As the DVD has a lot less packages than a full factory / ftp release, installation while still a bit slow, goes a lot faster, than usual.
The installer does not need any boot parameters any more, one can boot inst32 easily from an USB stick or over the network.
All parts of the EFIKA are now configured automagically, except for sound, which will be fixed for the next factory release.
It's listed in the most annoying bugs, but as EFIKA users love it: please don't even try to install XFCE, it's heavily broken and the installer crashes from selecting it.
Some extra notes:
- it's worth to use NFS for installation, as it leaves more RAM to the installer, than ftp or http
- the installer tries to create a CHRP boot partition, you can safely delete it in the partitioner, even if YaST complains
- the installer would like to install yaboot to the CHRP partition, so if you deleted that one, you should also disable boot loader installation on the 'expert' tab.
- sound is also supported, just the module needs to be loaded by hand right now (for 2-3 days more... ;-) ).
- the second phase of the installation can be completed by booting inst32 again and using 'boot installed system'
- once the system is installed, one needs to create a boot kernel. Login as root or 'su -' to become root, and do the following:
Code:
cd /boot/
mkzimage --vmlinux vmlinux --initrd initrd --cmdline root=/dev/sdaX --output efika
where X equals to the number of root partition of your freshly installed openSUSE Linux. You can now boot it from the OK prompt with:
Code:
boot hd:Y boot/efika
Where Y=X-1 :-)
Have a lot of fun! (R) (TM)
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