To take full advantage of JeOS several requirements should be met:
To be able to install packages to the running JeOS operating system, an SUSE Linux Enterprise Server installation source is needed that is on the same patch level as the JeOS in use. For more details about how to setup an installation server, see http://www.suse.com/documentation/sles10/book_sle_reference/data/sec_deployment_remoteinst_instserver.html.
JeOS is prepared to run as a Xen VM Guest. The Xen hypervisor is available with the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server product. For details about how to setup the Xen VM Host Server, see http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles11/book_xen/data/cha_xen_vhost.html.
IMPORTANT: Make sure that the VM Host Server system is up to date.
JeOS is just a small installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10. The requirements that are needed for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 also apply to the JeOS products. Find more details about the requirements for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server at http://www.novell.com/products/server10/techspecs.html. Note, that depending on the appliance used, the memory requirements of JeOS may even be lower than those of SUSE Linux Enterprise.
The disk image that comes with JeOS only needs about 300 MB harddisk space. However, during operation, it may grow up to 2 GB.
Like most other virtual machines, JeOS needs a network connection to be easily accessible.