> -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Beeby > Sent: 11/07/2011 16:38 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Centos 6 Server has no GUI > > Hi, > > Thanks everyone, yes server has no GUI by default, so should > have added a install time, now working by adding later > > Thanks > > Keith What caught me out (_doesn't_ sounds like it did you though), was that the CentOS 6 x86_64 installer chose to do a text-based install, through lack of support for the graphics card, I guess (this is inside VMware Server 1.0!). The text-based install does not give you a choice of the kind of stuff to install, you just seem to get 'minimal'. I had much better luck after reading through the install guide (here: http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Installation_Guide/index.html ). Booted off the iso, hit <ESC> and then at the boot prompt: linux vnc. I could then use a VNC client to do the nice graphical install. hth someone Andy