1.5 Installing the Driver Pack

1.5.1 Preparing the Driver Pack for Installation

  1. Download SLES-Virtual-Machine-Driver-Pack-10.iso to your SLES 10 SP1 virtual machine host.

  2. Open YaST.

    If YaST doesn’t appear in your list of applications, you can run YaST by logging in as root and entering YaST2 at a terminal.

  3. Select Software, then click Add-on Product.

  4. Click Local Directory, then click Next.

  5. Select the ISO Image box, then browse to the location of the driver pack ISO image you downloaded.

  6. Select the driver pack ISO, then click Open.

  7. Click OK.

  8. At the license agreement, click Yes, then click Next.

  9. Select Patterns from the Filter drop-down list.

  10. Select the drivers you want to install, then click Accept.

  11. When asked if you want to install more packages, click No.

    The drivers are now on your SLES 10 virtual machine host in the opt/novell/vm-driver-pack/xen directory.

1.5.2 Using the Installation Wizard to Install the Driver Pack

  1. Launch the Virtual Machine Manager and start your Windows virtual machine.

  2. Set up the ISO image or CD of the drivers you want to install as a virtual CD reader by following the instructions in the Configuration Options and Settings Guide in Section 1.5: Virtual CD Drives and ISO Images. The ISO images are found in the SLES 10 virtual machine host opt/novell/vm-driver-pack/xen directory .

  3. Right-click the virtual CD-ROM you just added, then click Autoplay.

    If you see a security alert that indicates the Bus driver has not been properly signed, click Yes to install the Bus driver software.

    IMPORTANT:Do not click No.

    The Novell Virtual Device Driver Installer launches.

  4. Click Next.

    The End User License Agreement window appears.

  5. Click I accept this agreement, then click Next.

    A software installation note appears, indicating that the software has not passed Windows logo testing.

    If you are installing Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, you see the following:

    If you are installing Windows 2000, you see the following:

  6. Click Continue Anyway or click Yes for each occurrence of this window.

    A Congratulations window indicates that the drivers were installed.

    NOTE:Clicking Cancel on this screen does not cancel the installation. If you want to cancel, you will have to uninstall (see Section 1.6, Uninstalling the Driver Pack).

  7. Click Finish.

    A message appears, indicating that you must restart the system.

  8. Click Yes.

    The system restarts. The Found New Hardware Wizard appears, indicating that it has found new hardware.

  9. Click Yes this time only, then click Next.

  10. Click Install the software automatically, then click Next.

    A software installation note appears, indicating that the software has not passed Windows logo testing.

    If you are installing Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, you see the following:

    If you are installing Windows 2000, you see the following:

  11. Click Continue Anyway or click Yes.

    A message indicates the Found New Hardware Wizard is done.

  12. Click Finish.

  13. If you are installing the Windows 2000 Server, you must reboot the system again.