openSUSE 12.3 Rescue Disk

I was curious about this newcomer to the family. Alas, I can't get it to do anything. We're warned on the download page that you can't boot, nor install from this CD and that's the truth. It boots up with the same menu as the live versions, but then it just comes to a halt with a bare desktop. Well, it did rescue me from boredom, but aside from that I can't see how this can be useful.

It's sole purpose is to give you a familiar inter-face to use to fix (what ever it may or may not have been you did). It's just another system rescue cd with the suse look and feel so as to keep you feeling all warm and fuzzy.

Well, I did get the warm and fuzzy, but without a cursor, mouse, or the ability to use the keyboard, it's just a pretty picture for now. Is there something I'm missing? How can I interact with it?