Re: working on text mode

[Tru Huynh <tru pasteur fr>]

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