centos 6.2 netinstall does not offer "create custom layout" at "Select type of installation " in text mode installation
I want to install centos 6.2 i386 on a pc with the following specs
cpu 1.8 GHz p4 RAM 512 Mbyte HD: IDE 20 GByte
i have downloaded netinstall iso and the installer proceeds AUTOMATICALLY in TEXT MODE until the point that i am asked to select the "Type of Installation" where i am presented with the following options ONLY
1) Use all space 2) Replace Existing Linux System 3) Use Free Space
the problem is that whatever i choose the installer auto-partitions the hard drive which is something that i do not want.
I suspect that due to the low specs of my pc the installer does not enter graphical mode installation which gives the "Create Custom Layout Option" in the "Type of Installation" step.
Is this a bug of the installer in text mode and if not is there a workaround in order to be able to create a custom layout ?
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Aggelis Aggelis aggelis@gmail.com wrote: [snip]
Is this a bug of the installer in text mode and if not is there a workaround in order to be able to create a custom layout ?
From the CentOS Release Notes
(http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS6.2 ):
The text installer has limited capabilities compared to the GUI installer. Most notably there is no support for configuring partition layout, storage methods or package selection. Please refer to the official documentation for details. Here you can find some useful information on creating and using kickstart files which can be used to perform advanced configuring without the need for the GUI installer.
The official documentation is here: http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Installati...
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:58:56PM +0300, Aggelis Aggelis wrote:
I want to install centos 6.2 i386 on a pc with the following specs
I suspect that due to the low specs of my pc the installer does not enter graphical mode installation which gives the "Create Custom Layout Option" in the "Type of Installation" step.
Is this a bug of the installer in text mode and if not is there a workaround in order to be able to create a custom layout ?
It's a bug, but RH considers it a feature. RH's text based install is now extremely limited. I believe the only workaround is make a kickstart file if you want custom partitioning.
RedHat calls it streamlined and simplified.
On 03/27/2012 11:38 PM, Scott Robbins wrote:
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:58:56PM +0300, Aggelis Aggelis wrote:
I want to install centos 6.2 i386 on a pc with the following specs
I suspect that due to the low specs of my pc the installer does not enter graphical mode installation which gives the "Create Custom Layout Option" in the "Type of Installation" step.
Is this a bug of the installer in text mode and if not is there a workaround in order to be able to create a custom layout ?
It's a bug, but RH considers it a feature. RH's text based install is now extremely limited. I believe the only workaround is make a kickstart file if you want custom partitioning.
RedHat calls it streamlined and simplified.
you can still run a vnc install from the netinstall emdia and get the complete installer going.
On Wednesday, March 28, 2012 06:29:12 AM Karanbir Singh wrote:
you can still run a vnc install from the netinstall emdia and get the complete installer going.
With 512MB of RAM?
On Sat, 2012-03-31 at 12:38 -0400, Lamar Owen wrote:
On Wednesday, March 28, 2012 06:29:12 AM Karanbir Singh wrote:
you can still run a vnc install from the netinstall emdia and get the complete installer going.
With 512MB of RAM?
I'm not KB but,, Yes, an even with:
Mem: 446068k total, 400572k used, 45496k free, 60084k buffers Swap: 917496k total, 41440k used, 876056k free, 175240k cached
On a Original Athlon with 100MHz Memory. That an is EL6 OS.
John
On Saturday, March 31, 2012 06:29:49 PM John Stanley wrote:
On Sat, 2012-03-31 at 12:38 -0400, Lamar Owen wrote:
On Wednesday, March 28, 2012 06:29:12 AM Karanbir Singh wrote:
you can still run a vnc install from the netinstall emdia and get the complete installer going.
With 512MB of RAM?
I'm not KB but,, Yes, an even with:
Mem: 446068k total, 400572k used, 45496k free, 60084k buffers Swap: 917496k total, 41440k used, 876056k free, 175240k cached
On a Original Athlon with 100MHz Memory. That an is EL6 OS.
And you did a VNC GUI install on that machine (that's what my question was about)?
On Mon, 2012-04-02 at 10:43 -0400, Lamar Owen wrote:
On Saturday, March 31, 2012 06:29:49 PM John Stanley wrote:
On Sat, 2012-03-31 at 12:38 -0400, Lamar Owen wrote:
On Wednesday, March 28, 2012 06:29:12 AM Karanbir Singh wrote:
you can still run a vnc install from the netinstall emdia and get the complete installer going.
With 512MB of RAM?
I'm not KB but,, Yes, an even with:
Mem: 446068k total, 400572k used, 45496k free, 60084k buffers Swap: 917496k total, 41440k used, 876056k free, 175240k cached
On a Original Athlon with 100MHz Memory. That an is EL6 OS.
And you did a VNC GUI install on that machine (that's what my question was about)?
'I have never gotten a gui install with less than 1GB',, sorry for confusing you..But a gui will run (after install) with even less than what I posted above.
Doing it from a machine running a GUI with VNC you will get a text installer from anaconda with less than 1gb like I did on that machine. If, KB really meant a 'GUI' install then maybe there's an option I have missed in the anaconda code then.
You could in theory rebuild Anaconda for 512MB or greater and get a gui. Because I have many machines with 400 - 512 MB of ram and starx just works with a configured video card.
But you would have to keep in mind say 34Mb(initrd) + 160Mb(install.img) = (? )+ (GUI Over Head) = bare minimal for a gui install to get rolling if you rebuild Anaconda. The network install would require more... because of stage 2 installer.
John
On 04/02/2012 03:43 PM, Lamar Owen wrote:
On a Original Athlon with 100MHz Memory. That an is EL6 OS.
a VNC install should work - the limiting factor there might be how many repo's you have enabled to install from. If its just OS/ it should work fine in 512MB of ram
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