Fujitsu Clients
Bootable Driver Kit

details

This site contains a bootable driver kit for use with installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop on Fujitsu client systems. The driver kit contains updates to the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel as well as update drivers required for installation.

platforms

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Dekstop 11 Service Pack 2

architectures

  • x86_64

media

Name Size MD5SUM Download
Fujitsu_Clients_SLED11SP2_x86_64.iso 160 MB 28f6cecf4df05d37337309f757fba0a5 download

installation

Media installation

  1. Burn the ISO image above to an empty CD/DVD media.
  2. Start the installation using the new CD/DVD media, having the standard SUSE Linux Enterprise media at hand or a URL to a network installation server.
    • If doing a network install, enter the URL of the network install source on the boot command line using the 'install=' option.
    • If doing installation from optical media the installer will first boot from the driver kit and then ask to insert CD1 of the SUSE Linux Enterprise product.
  3. An initrd containing updated drivers will be used for installation.

PXE boot installation

  1. Download the ISO image above.
  2. Mount the ISO image for access to the contents.
  3. Copy the kernel and initrd images from the driver kit iso image to the appropriate location on your tftp boot server. The initrd and kernel image are found under the /boot/x86_64/loader directory.
  4. An updated kernel will be used for installation and installed onto the system.

Example pxelinux config file section: 

# Install SLES 11 SP2 with Driver Kit
label install
kernel linux
append initrd=initrd splash=silent vga=0x314 showopts install=http://installserver/SLED-11-SP2-x86_64

package names and versions

The following packages are provided with this driver kit:

  • intel-e1000e-2.1.4-2.1.x86_64.rpm
  • intel-e1000e-kmp-default-2.1.4_3.0.13_0.27-2.1.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-default-3.0.58-0.6.6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-default-base-3.0.58-0.6.6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-default-extra-3.0.58-0.6.6.1.x86_64.rpm

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