Scott Robbins wrote: > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:55:12AM -0400, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >> Andy Holt wrote: >> >> From: Keith Beeby >> >> >> > What caught me out (_doesn't_ sounds like it did you though), was that >> > the CentOS 6 x86_64 installer chose to do a text-based >> > install, through lack of support for the graphics card, I guess (this >> > is inside VMware Server 1.0!). The text-based install does >> > not give you a choice of the kind of stuff to install, you just seem >> > to get 'minimal'. >> <snip> >> Huh? I always use the text-based install, and check the select packages >> (or whatever it is) box, and the next screen's where I go down its list, >> and go into each, and (un)select what I want on the machine. > > Have you done this with CentOS/RH/OLE 6? They've crippled it. In a When would I have tried it? I saw posts about mirrors being sync'd before I left work Friday. I'm certainly not upgrading my home system for a while.... > marketing move that, again in my arrogant opinion, ranks up there with > Windows Genuine Advantage, they'll tell you that they've streamlined and > simplified it. You're joking.... > > I think the rationale was that they decided to put their efforts into a > GUI install and it was too much work to continue the functionality of > the text mode. You'd have to dig through the Fedora testing list, I > think. And GUI is less work? And they couldn't leave the same code in place? > > However, kickstart functionality remains, so you can always use a > kickstart file, and that will enable you to do partitioning, and package > selection. And to build a test system, as I'm about to do? Wonderful. mark _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos