At Thu, 27 Sep 2018 09:34:15 -0700 (PDT) CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > On Thu, 27 Sep 2018, Robert Heller wrote: > > > I just tried a CentOS 7 install to a laptop over PXE and it failed in jus= > t the > > same way as for the VM. > > > > So, is it not possible to install CentOS 7 via PXE? Or is there something > > missing? I just copied the images under os/x86_64/images/ to the tftpd > > directory (/var/lib/tftpboot/) and included in > > /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default this section: > > > > label centos75-64 > > MENU LABEL CentOS 7.5 x86_64 > > kernel centos75x86_64vmlinuz > > append initrd=3Dcentos75x86_64initrd.img > > > > > > Do I need anything more? > > > > Things seem to die/fail at some point after initializing the graphics fra= > me > > buffer. Is there a way to do a non-graphical install? I have a keyboard= > and > > really know how to use it and don't need some silly ("friendly"?) GUI to > > install Linux (I don't need hand-holding). > > Yes, you can ask for a text installer by including "inst.text" (no = > > quotes) on the APPEND line of pxe configuration file. > > That said, the text installer in EL7 is considerably less functional = > > than the graphical installer. I am not sure if I really agree with that... I ended up using a thumb drive, but needed to resort to using the shell to get the disk set up the way I wanted. *I* don't like GUI installers, since they generally impose limits on how to install the system. > > My suggestion, fwiw, is to write up a kickstart file and use that = > > instead; it's easiest if you have a local web server that handles = > > unauthenticated plain-text http. Your entry would would like this: > > label centos75-64 > MENU LABEL CentOS 7.5 x86_64 > kernel centos75x86_64vmlinuz > append initrd=3Dcentos75x86_64initrd.img inst.ks=3Dhttp://192.168.110.14= > 4/ks/el7.ks inst.text > > But you can try a the text installer and see where that gets you... > When I install the VM later today, I'll try that, but might end up resorting to using the disk image instead. > -- = > > Paul Heinlein > heinlein at madboa.com > 45=B038' N, 122=B06' W > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services heller at deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services