mainAyuda del cargador de arranqueWelcome to openSUSE 11.1
Use this menu to select the desired function. If you have problems navigating in this help system, press F1 to enter the helpdescripción of the help system. The main functions in this menu are:
harddiskArrancar desde disco duro: This selection will not do anything to the system. It only starts a previously installed operating system.
linuxInstalación: This installation mode works on most machines. If you experience a system freeze during boot or problems with detection of your hardware components, such as disk controllers or network cards, try one of the following installation options.
noacpiInstalación -- ACPI Inhabilitado: Many of the currently-sold computers have incomplete or faulty ACPI implementations. This selection disables ACPI support in the kernel, but still enables many performance features, like DMA for IDE hard disks.
nolapicInstalación -- APIC local Inhabilitado: If the normal installation fails, this might be due to the system hardware not supporting local APIC. If this seems to be the case, use this option to install without local APIC support.
failsafeInstalación -- Ajustes seguros: If you were not successful with Instalación, this selection might solve the issue.
rescueSistema de rescate: This boot image starts a small Linux system in RAM. This is useful if the system does not start properly. After booting this system, log in as root.
firmwarePrueba de firmware: Runs a BIOS test tool that validates ACPI and other parts of your BIOS.
memtestPrueba de memoria: Memory testing is useful for more than checking installation of new memory modules. It is a stress test for a big part of your computer system and may indicate hardware problems.
optOpciones de arranque: The boot options may change the behavior of your system completely. They are settings for the kernel.
helpF1 Help: This is context sensitive. It will show different screens depending on the active element of the boot screen. There is also a description of this help system available.
keytableF2: Set language and keyboard mapping used by the boot loader.
videomodeF3 Video Mode: Here, choose between different screen resolutions while installing. If you encounter problems with the graphical installation, the modo de texto may be a work-around for you.
install_srcF4 Installation Source: Choose the installation source.
driverupdateF6 Driver Update: For very new machines, a driver update may be needed to install the system.bitsSelección de tipo de softwareYou have the choice to install the 32-bit or 64-bit version of openSUSE 11.1.Volver a mainAyuda del cargador de arranquedriverupdateActualización de controladoresIf you need a driver update floppy or CD-ROM, press F6. The boot loader asks you to insert the driver update medium after loading the Linux kernel.
A driver update is typically a floppy with new versions of hardware drivers or bug fixes needed during installation.Volver a mainAyuda del cargador de arranquefailsafeInstalación -- Ajustes segurosSelect Instalación -- Ajustes seguros if you encounter hangs while installing or irreproducible errors. This option disables DMA for IDE drives and all power management features. See also the kernel options for o_apmapm, o_acpiacpi and o_ideide.Volver a mainAyuda del cargador de arranquefirmwarePrueba de firmwareStarts a BIOS checker that validates the ACPI tables and many other parts of your BIOS. Test results can be stored on usb disk or saved via network.Volver a mainAyuda del cargador de arranqueharddiskArrancar desde disco duroSelect Arrancar SO instalado to start the system installed on your local hard disk. This system must be installed properly, because only the MBR (Master Boot Record) on the first hard disk is started. The device ID of the first hard disk is provided by the BIOS of the computer.
Use this if you forgot to remove the CD or DVD from your drive and want to start the computer from the hard disk.Volver a mainAyuda del cargador de arranquehelpUso del sistema de ayudaThe boot loader online help is context sensitive. It gives information about the selected menu item or, if you are editing boot options, it tries to look up information about the option in which the cursor is positioned.
Navigation Keys 
  • Flecha arriba: highlight previous link  • Flecha abajo: highlight next link  • Flecha a la izquierda, Retroceso: return to previous topic  • Flecha a la derecha, Intro, Espacio: follow link  • Re Pág: scroll up one page  • Av Pág: scroll down one page  • Inicio: go to page start  • Fin: go to page end  • Esc: leave helpVolver a mainAyuda del cargador de arranqueinstall_srcFuente de instalaciónPress F4 to choose an installation source.
This is the same as using the o_installinstalar boot option.Volver a mainAyuda del cargador de arranquekeytableSelección de idioma y distribución de tecladoPress F2 to change language and keyboard layout the boot loader uses.Volver a mainAyuda del cargador de arranquelinuxInstalaciónSelect Instalación to start the default installation. The optopciones de arranque entered are used in the start-up. This item activates many features of commonly available hardware.Volver a mainAyuda del cargador de arranquememtestPrueba de memoriaThe included Prueba de memoria provides good possibilities to stress test the hardware of a system. Its main purpose is to detect broken RAM, but it also stresses many other parts of the system.
There is no guarantee that the memory is good if no errors are found, although most of memory defects will be found.Volver a mainAyuda del cargador de arranquenoacpiInstalación -- ACPI InhabilitadoCurrent hardware usually requires ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) to control the interrupt handling. ACPI completely replaces the old APM system.
Select Instalación -- ACPI Inhabilitado if you encounter problems during boot of the kernel. Known problems with machines that have problems with ACPI are: 
  • kernel freezes when booting  • PCI Cards are not detected or initialized properly
You may also try the firmwarePrueba de firmware boot option and look at the test results of the ACPI validation.Volver a mainAyuda del cargador de arranquenolapicInstalación -- APIC local InhabilitadoNormally there are no problems with the APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller). But if you seem to have some, try this option to boot without local APIC support.
Please don't confuse this with noacpiACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface).Volver a mainAyuda del cargador de arranqueoptOpciones de arranqueThere are two types of boot options available. First, there are options that affect the installer. Second, there are kernel options. Some of the more common options are:
a) installer options 
  • o_installinstalar -- select an installation source  • networkopciones de red -- the network options  • o_vncopciones VNC -- options for installation via VNC
b) kernel options 
  • o_splashpantalla inicial -- influence the behavior of the splash screen  • o_apmapm -- toggle power management  • o_acpiacpi -- advanced configuration and power interface  • o_ideide -- control the IDE subsystemVolver a mainAyuda del cargador de arranqueo_hostipo_netmasko_gatewaynetworkOpciones del instalador: opciones de redIt is possible to configure the network interface right now. The hardware will be detected later by YaST2. The minimum set of options to configure your network card consists of host IP and netmask. For example: 
  • hostip=192.168.0.10 netmask=255.255.255.0
or in a shorter form: 
  • hostip=192.168.0.10/24
If you specified a o_installinstalación basada en red and do not specify both of these options, the installer tries to configure the network interface with DHCP. If you need a default gateway, specify this with the option pasarela. For example: 
  • gateway=192.168.0.8Volver a optOpciones de arranqueo_acpiOpciones del kernel: acpiACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) is a standard that defines power and configuration management interfaces between an operating system and the BIOS. By default, acpi is switched on when a BIOS is detected that is newer than from year 2000. There are several commonly used parameters to control the behavior of ACPI: 
  • pci=noacpi -- do not use ACPI to route PCI interrupts  • acpi=oldboot -- only the parts of ACPI that are relevant for booting remain activated  • acpi=off -- switch off ACPI completely  • acpi=force -- switch on ACPI even if your BIOS is dated before 2000
Especially on new computers, it replaces the old o_apmapm system.Volver a optOpciones de arranqueo_apmOpciones del kernel: apmAPM is one of the two power management strategies used on current computers. It is mainly used with laptops for functions like suspend to disk, but it may also be responsible for switching off the computer after power down. APM relies on a correct working BIOS. If the BIOS is broken, APM may have only limited use or even prevent the computer from working. Therefore, it may be switched off with the parameter 
  • apm=off -- switch off APM completely
Some very new computers may take more advantage from the newer o_acpiACPI.Volver a optOpciones de arranqueo_ideOpciones del kernel: ideIDE is, unlike SCSI, commonly used in most desktop workstations. To circumvent some hardware problems that occur with IDE systems, use the kernel parameter: 
  • ide=nodma -- switch off DMA for IDE drivesVolver a optOpciones de arranqueo_installOpciones del instalador: instalarBy default, the local CD-ROMs are searched for the installation source. For a network install, select the instalar option. Possible installation protocols are 
  • FTP  • NFS  • HTTP
The syntax to use is just like standard URLs. For example, if your server is found at 192.168.0.1 and you want to do an NFS-based install from the directory /install on this server, specify the source as follows: 
  • install=nfs://192.168.0.1/install
The network card will either be configured with DHCP or you must specify the parameters yourself as described in the networkopciones de red.Volver a optOpciones de arranqueo_splashOpciones del kernel: pantalla inicialThe splash screen is the picture shown during system start-up. 
  • splash=0 -- The splash screen is switched off. This may be useful with very old monitors or if some error occurs.  • splash=verbose -- Activates splash, kernel and boot messages are still shown.  • splash=silent -- Activates splash, but no messages. Instead a progress bar is drawn.Volver a optOpciones de arranqueo_vncpasswordo_vncOpciones del instalador: vncTo enable the VNC installation, specify the parameters vnc and vncpassword: 
  • vnc=1 vncpassword=ejemplo
The VNC server will be started and you may control YaST2 over any VNC client from a remote system.Volver a optOpciones de arranquerescueSistema de rescateThe Sistema de rescate is a small RAM disk base system. From there, it is possible to make all kinds of changes to an installed system. Because only low-level tools are available in this system, it is intended for experts.Volver a mainAyuda del cargador de arranquevideomodeSelección de modo de vídeoPress F3 to get the list of video modes your graphics card supports. The highest mode your monitor can display is preselected.
It is possible that your monitor cannot be detected automatically. In that case, select your preferred mode manually.
If your system has problems with the graphics card during the installation, the modo de texto may be a usable work-around.Volver a mainAyuda del cargador de arranque