Running Anaconda in text mode
David Hunt
david.hunt.linux at comcast.net
Sat Jan 3 03:56:43 UTC 2004
Robert D. Arendt wrote:
> Rick Stevens wrote:
>
>> David Hunt wrote:
>>
>>> So, the question is... How exactly do I force a text-based install?
>>> Is this a LILO option that I set in lilo.conf?
>>
>> Text-based installs are done by simply entering "text" at the "boot:"
>> prompt when booting off the CD as is shown in the part above that you
>> quoted:
>>
>> > in graphic mode ("boot: text").
>
> Shouldn't that be "boot: linux text" ?
Success! 8-)
It turns out that with the Mandrake 9.1 Install disk selecting F1 allows
for selecting a TEXT install. With the installation directly from the
ISO files (as I happen to be doing) there is no similar option. BUT...
As a last ditch effort, I simply added "text" to the end of the line
including things like "acpi=on" in lilo.conf. Bingo! With the next
reboot, the installation began in text mode. Fedora installed perfectly.
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