CentOS - Mar 2012 - centos 6.2 netinstall does not offer "create custom layout" at "Select type of installation " in text mode installation

I want to install centos 6.2 i386 on a pc with the following specs

cpu 1.8 GHz p4
RAM 512 Mbyte
HD:  IDE 20 GByte

i have downloaded netinstall iso and the installer proceeds AUTOMATICALLY
in TEXT MODE  until the point
that i am asked to select the "Type of Installation" where i am
presented
with the following options ONLY

1) Use all space
 2)  Replace Existing Linux System
3) Use Free Space

the problem is that whatever i choose the installer auto-partitions the
hard drive which is something that i do not want.

I suspect that due to the low specs of my pc the installer does not enter
graphical mode installation which gives
the "Create Custom Layout Option" in the "Type of
Installation" step.

Is this a bug of the installer in text mode and if not is there a
workaround in order to be able to create a custom layout ?

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Aggelis Aggelis <aggelis at gmail.com>
wrote:
[snip]
> Is this a bug of the installer in text mode and if not is there a
> workaround in order to be able to create a custom layout ?
>From the CentOS Release Notes
(http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS6.2 ):

The text installer has limited capabilities compared to the GUI
installer. Most notably there is no support for configuring partition
layout, storage methods or package selection. Please refer to the
official documentation for details. Here you can find some useful
information on creating and using kickstart files which can be used to
perform advanced configuring without the need for the GUI installer.

The official documentation is here:
http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Installation_Guide/ch-guimode-x86.html#id4594292

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On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:58:56PM +0300, Aggelis Aggelis
wrote:
> I want to install centos 6.2 i386 on a pc with the following specs
> 
> 
> I suspect that due to the low specs of my pc the installer does not enter
> graphical mode installation which gives
> the "Create Custom Layout Option" in the "Type of
Installation" step.
> 
> Is this a bug of the installer in text mode and if not is there a
> workaround in order to be able to create a custom layout ?
It's a bug, but RH considers it a feature.
RH's text based install is now extremely limited.  I believe the only
workaround is make a kickstart file if you want custom partitioning.

RedHat calls it streamlined and simplified.   


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On Wednesday, March 28, 2012 06:29:12 AM Karanbir Singh
wrote:
> you can still run a vnc install from the netinstall emdia and get the
> complete installer going.
With 512MB of RAM?

On Saturday, March 31, 2012 06:29:49 PM John Stanley
wrote:
> On Sat, 2012-03-31 at 12:38 -0400, Lamar Owen wrote:
> > On Wednesday, March 28, 2012 06:29:12 AM Karanbir Singh wrote:
> > > you can still run a vnc install from the netinstall emdia and get
the
> > > complete installer going.
> > 
> > With 512MB of RAM?
> 
> I'm not KB but,, Yes, an even with:
> 
> Mem:    446068k total,   400572k used,    45496k free,    60084k buffers
> Swap:   917496k total,    41440k used,   876056k free,   175240k cached
> 
> On a Original Athlon with 100MHz Memory.  That an is EL6 OS.
And you did a VNC GUI install on that machine (that's what my question was
about)?