CentOS - Apr 2007 - Strange Question regarding CentOS 5 install

Ok so the install has been seamless on a few machines and I decided to try it
on my laptop (a Dell D620). I had everything working great and kicked it
around a bit and then figured, if I'm going to keep this on my laptop
I'll
need to reformat everything, enable some encrypted filesystems etc ... not a
big deal ... kind of

Here's the problem, the laptop has a resolution of 1440x900 and X wont start
up on it therefore, I do not get the graphical installer ... not a big deal if
you don't want to customize your volume groups and logical volumes, but I
would like to.

So far I've tested graphical installers from Mandriva and Knoppix and they
will actually load a graphical installer but CentOS 5 does not. Does anyone
know if there is a way for me to get the GUI installer so I can monkey with
VG's? currently these options aren't available in the curses menu set
up.


And yes I know I could just as easily create regular etx3 filesystems with no
LVM2 stuff (no I'm not going to be adding more drives any time soon to my
laptop) but it would be nice to know it's possible. I was using LVM2 on my
last laptop and it was handy having the ability to grow and shrink some
filesystems.

I know it's probably not on the agenda from the upstream provider either but
automating the encryption of newley created filesystems at the point of
install would be sweet too :D

--
Lonny
-- 
"To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Windows
box,
you just need to work ON it."

I've noticed this resolution problem with RHEL, CentOS and Fedora on
my D620.  When I get into the desktop it doesn't support the correct
1440x900 resolution, yet on Ubuntu it works fine.

Matt

On 4/13/07, Lonny Selinger <lonny at bangtherockstogether.net>
wrote:
> Ok so the install has been seamless on a few machines and I decided to try
it
> on my laptop (a Dell D620). I had everything working great and kicked it
> around a bit and then figured, if I'm going to keep this on my laptop
I'll
> need to reformat everything, enable some encrypted filesystems etc ... not
a
> big deal ... kind of
>
> Here's the problem, the laptop has a resolution of 1440x900 and X wont
start
> up on it therefore, I do not get the graphical installer ... not a big deal
if
> you don't want to customize your volume groups and logical volumes, but
I
> would like to.
>
> So far I've tested graphical installers from Mandriva and Knoppix and
they
> will actually load a graphical installer but CentOS 5 does not. Does anyone
> know if there is a way for me to get the GUI installer so I can monkey with
> VG's? currently these options aren't available in the curses menu
set up.
>
>
> And yes I know I could just as easily create regular etx3 filesystems with
no
> LVM2 stuff (no I'm not going to be adding more drives any time soon to
my
> laptop) but it would be nice to know it's possible. I was using LVM2 on
my
> last laptop and it was handy having the ability to grow and shrink some
> filesystems.
>
> I know it's probably not on the agenda from the upstream provider
either but
> automating the encryption of newley created filesystems at the point of
> install would be sweet too :D
>
> --
> Lonny
> --
> "To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your
Windows box,
> you just need to work ON it."
>
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Lonny Selinger wrote:
> Ok so the install has been seamless on a few machines and I decided to try
it
> on my laptop (a Dell D620). I had everything working great and kicked it
> around a bit and then figured, if I'm going to keep this on my laptop
I'll
> need to reformat everything, enable some encrypted filesystems etc ... not
a
> big deal ... kind of
> 
> Here's the problem, the laptop has a resolution of 1440x900 and X wont
start
> up on it therefore, I do not get the graphical installer ... not a big deal
if
> you don't want to customize your volume groups and logical volumes, but
I
> would like to.
> 
> So far I've tested graphical installers from Mandriva and Knoppix and
they
> will actually load a graphical installer but CentOS 5 does not. Does anyone
> know if there is a way for me to get the GUI installer so I can monkey with
> VG's? currently these options aren't available in the curses menu
set up.
> 
> 
> And yes I know I could just as easily create regular etx3 filesystems with
no
> LVM2 stuff (no I'm not going to be adding more drives any time soon to
my
> laptop) but it would be nice to know it's possible. I was using LVM2 on
my
> last laptop and it was handy having the ability to grow and shrink some
> filesystems.
This works, I think:
Attach to LAN.
On your desktop, in konsole:
xhost +
Boot laptop, using "DISPLAY=laptop:0" as a boot option, along with ks=
and whatever else takes your fancy.

You should also be able to do a VNC install. RTFM.



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John

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