On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 03:27:16PM -1000, David Cantrell wrote: > Oron Peled wrote: >> On Friday, 23 בJanuary 2009, Chris Lumens wrote: >>> - If the graphical installer doesn't work, the fix is not to have a >>> completely different path to go down. The fix is to fix graphical >>> installs. Having said this, we still do have work arounds possible. >>> You can always add xdriver=vesa as a boot parameter if the normal driver >>> for your card doesn't work under X. My latest patch to the list makes >>> it more obvious that you can do this. >> >> I beg to digress, as text mode installation has more important roles than >> working around broken X. >> >> Two use cases: >> * A small/old-hardware server without enough RAM. >> I lately installed two such hosts, one is an old Pentium used as >> firewall. The other is a small server used in a school (which now >> has its RAM upgraded, but wasn't few months ago during install) -- >> In both cases X or vnc install was not possible, but both has Fedora >> up and running (one F8, later upgraded to F10, the other a fresh >> F10 install). > > How is VNC not an option here? I assume you have another system at your > disposal aside from the one you are setting up. And if you are setting > up a server, I assume it also has a network interface. So again, how is > VNC not an option? Connect your laptop or workstation via a crossover > cable to the interface on the server you are installing to. Done. Sure, as long as your network cards are configured/recognised correctly in the "expected" order... A serial/text console can save your day in such a case. Just my 2 cents Tru _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
