Hi Jeff, You can use Alt + F3 or Alt + F4 once you're inside the installer to open a console. If you disable the wlan0 interface before the network part of the installer you should be ok. Regards, Tom On 08 Dec 2011, at 10:13, Jeff Gordon wrote: > Hi, Bert -- > > Thanks. :-) Doesn't seem to be an opportunity or way to open a console > before this problem comes up, with netinstall. I just scanned to see if > there might be a kernel parameter for it; doesn't seem to be. > > -- Jeff -- > > On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 09:53:42AM +0100, Bert Koerperich wrote: >> On 12/08/2011 09:34 AM, Fabien Archambault wrote: >>> On 12/08/2011 09:11 AM, Jeff Gordon wrote: >>>> Hi, Folks -- >>>> >>>> I'm setting up an Acer Aspire 5250 as a Christmas gift, CentOS 6 netinstall >>>> insists on trying to configure wlan0 but I'm using a wired DSL connection, >>>> consequently netinstall fails and only offers the option to Retry. >>>> >>>> How can I get it to bypass the wlan0 idea and go straight to eth0...? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I believe there is an hardware switch available to shutdown the wirless >>> on this laptop. If you disable it then no wlan0 can be used. >>> >>> Fabien >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> Hi Jeff, >> or try to open a console and disable the WLAN interface (ifconfig wlan0 >> down), and set the default route to the ETH interface (route add default >> eth0). >> Cheers, Bert. >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- > > -- Jeff -- <http://www.wellnow.com> > > "There's nothing left in the world to prove. All that's worth doing > is to love one another, using whatever means are available to serve." > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos