2008/7/7 MHR mhullrich@gmail.com:
On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 2:54 AM, Herta Van den Eynde herta.vandeneynde@gmail.com wrote:
I'm trying to install CentOS 5.2 on a Dell PE 1850 via the DRAC 4 card, with CentOS-5.2-i386-bin-1of6.iso mounted as virtual media. At the boot prompt, I hit <Enter>, which should start the graphical installation, but it starts off with a text installation. I am asked
This is normal for the graphical installation.
Is it? 5.1 starts up an X-server and asks these questions in a graphical screen.
- whether I want to test the media, which I skip
- what language I want to use - I select English
- what keyboard I have - I select us
- the installation method - "What type of media conatins the packages
to be installed?"
This is NOT normal - that's from the network installation option....
Just FYI - I know this isn't the cause of your problem, but thought you should know.
mhr
Thanks, it confirms what I suspected. Now if I only knew why.
Things are getting curiouser and curiouser. After installing 5.1, I mounted the 5.1 iso image through DRAC. /var/log/messages reports "Jul 8 12:56:23 dsrv546 kernel: cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!" But if I connect the 5.2 iso image, nothing gets logged.
Kind regards,
Herta