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.) > > > -- > Scott Robbins > PGP keyID EB3467D6 > ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) > gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 //