[CentOS] No grahical install on notebook with Centos 5, did work with Centos 4

Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha strange at nsk.no-ip.org
Wed May 2 17:35:42 UTC 2007


On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 01:24:01PM -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha wrote:
> >On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 12:57:59PM -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> >  
> >>Hello again.
> >>
> >>Working to put Centos 5 on my old Toshiba Portege 3490ct (256Mb memory). 
> >>PCMCIA CDrom and Lan card.
> >>
> >>Using 'linux askmethod' to be able to install off of my FTP server (have 
> >>done 4 PC installs so far off that server successfully)
> >>
> >>It's video card is:
> >>
> >>S3 86C270-294 Savage IX/MV
> >>
> >>After recognizing the video card I get the message about no graphical 
> >>install available.  Putting on and external monitor does not change this.
> >>    
> >
> >Add option graphical to install. I don't recommend it, though, as you
> >don't have much memory.
> >
> >  
> >>Problem with the character mode install is no LVM partition management 
> >>functions.  I need to alter the default partitioning.
> >>    
> >
> >You can create the LVM partitions in the Centos4 install, or manually in
> >the console in tty2, if you're confortable with that.
> >
> >You should then be able to use them in the text mode installer.
> Are you saying that I should use the Centos 4.4 install, create the 
> partitions, abort that install, go to Centos 5 and tell it to use 
> existing partitions?

You can use already existing LV in text installs, and create new LVs.
And, I think but I didn't test, new PV and VGs.

> Of course getting through a text install, I will still have to get X and 
> Gnome working...

Even a text mode install shoudl configure X and Gnome correctly.


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lfr
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