[CentOS] no group package selection via PXE network installation

[Riccardo Castellani]

I upgraded ram to 1 GB but now I obtained this message:

Xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default

No other messages...

It's resolution problem ?!

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Subject: Re: [CentOS] no group package selection via PXE network
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On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Scott Robbins <scottro at nyc.rr.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 02:26:35PM +0200, Riccardo Castellani wrote:
> > I'm trying to install centos 6.4 on my server A (which has 512 MB 
> > ram
> and no
> > cdrom) by PXE.
>
> You need more than 512 MB of RAM to do a graphic installation, I've 
> forgotten the exact requirement.
>

I believe the minimum for graphical is around 640 MB, but don't hold me to
that number.
I've not been able to quickly find the exact value (and it's likely in a
RHEL6 release announcement).

While I was looking for a thread or URL that had the minimum memory info I
found [0].


[0] http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2011-July/115367.html


>
> As for text install, RedHat has crippled it--you cannot choose packages or
> disk layout.   Apparently Anaconda developers decided to focus upon the
> graphic install, and so, the only way to customize a text based 
> install is to use a kickstart file.
>
> So, your options are to increase the RAM so you can get a GUI 
> installation, use a kickstart file, or use an operating system where 
> the developers still think like system administrators rather than 
> smart phone users. (Yeah, I know that's unfair and FUD, but it is 
> aggravating for something that is supposed to be a server O/S.)
>
>
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