On 9/27/19 7:22 AM, Ladar Levison via CentOS-devel wrote: > > On 9/26/19 3:48 AM, Tristan Cacqueray wrote: >> FWIW I wasn't able to complete a regular install using the dvd with 2GB >> of ram, the interface froze before completion. Bumping to 4GB fixed the >> issue. > > > I believe that if you add "text" to the kernel boot parameters, you'll > get a text based version of the Anaconda installer. Or at least that > used to be the case. > > I've included that parameter with my kickstart installs, and I get a > text installer (which might be because they're automated installs), but > I haven't tried supplying the option manually with this release yet. > I've also built VMs this way, for a variety of platforms, with only 2gb > of RAM, although I used the smaller boot CD, and a network repo to do it. The text installer hasn't had a usable UI for partitioning since before CentOS 7 / Fedora 19 so this is unlikely to work well unless you are completely suppressing all questions from appearing. -- Kevin Stange Chief Technology Officer Steadfast | Managed Infrastructure, Datacenter and Cloud Services 800 S Wells, Suite 190 | Chicago, IL 60607 312.602.2689 X203 | Fax: 312.602.2688 kevin at steadfast.net | www.steadfast.net