CentOS - Jul 2019 - Installation question?

I've been doing a CentOS 7.6.1810 net-install since last night. The machine
seems ok but has been stuck with "performing post-installation setup
tasks"
for hours. This is an old Dell T5400 box, so it isn't blazing fast but ...

Is there a way to pull up its skirt (so to speak) and check/monitor the
installation activity while installing it? Having already started the
installation?

BTW, in the phase of the install process, is it still hitting the net?

On Tue, 2019-07-30 at 13:24 -0400, John Chludzinski
wrote:
> I've been doing a CentOS 7.6.1810 net-install since last night. The
machine
> seems ok but has been stuck with "performing post-installation setup
tasks"
> for hours. This is an old Dell T5400 box, so it isn't blazing fast but
...
> 
> Is there a way to pull up its skirt (so to speak) and check/monitor the
> installation activity while installing it? Having already started the
> installation?
> 
Yes, there are shells running on the alternative consoles, so if you
are doing a GUI install then do Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to the text console
- that console is the one running the install and may have some error
messages. Do Alt-F2 from there to get to a shell prompt with root
privileges, Alt-F3 for the anaconda log, Alt-F4 for the storage log,
Alt-F5 for other log messages and Alt-F6 to get back to the GUI
install.

P.

Pete Biggs writes:
> On Tue, 2019-07-30 at 13:24 -0400, John Chludzinski wrote:
> > I've been doing a CentOS 7.6.1810 net-install since last night.
The machine
> > seems ok but has been stuck with "performing post-installation
setup tasks"
> > for hours. This is an old Dell T5400 box, so it isn't blazing fast
but ...
> > 
> > Is there a way to pull up its skirt (so to speak) and check/monitor
the
> > installation activity while installing it? Having already started the
> > installation?
> > 
> Yes, there are shells running on the alternative consoles, so if you
> are doing a GUI install then do Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to the text console
> - that console is the one running the install and may have some error
> messages. Do Alt-F2 from there to get to a shell prompt with root
> privileges, Alt-F3 for the anaconda log, Alt-F4 for the storage log,
> Alt-F5 for other log messages and Alt-F6 to get back to the GUI
> install.
It is my experience too that starting with CentOS 7, "post-installation
setup tasks" take up an inproportionate amount of time during. All I was
able to find out was that the kickstart %post section was not the culprit.

It would be nice to have some detailed documentation what these
post-installation tasks actually are. ISTR a lot of dracut this and that showing
up in top.

On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 21:48:02 +0200, Pete Biggs <pete at biggs.org.uk>
wrote:
> On Tue, 2019-07-30 at 13:24 -0400, John Chludzinski wrote:
>> I've been doing a CentOS 7.6.1810 net-install since last night. The
>> machine
>> seems ok but has been stuck with "performing post-installation
setup
>> tasks"
>> for hours. This is an old Dell T5400 box, so it isn't blazing fast
but
>> ...
>>
>> Is there a way to pull up its skirt (so to speak) and check/monitor the
>> installation activity while installing it? Having already started the
>> installation?
>>
> Yes, there are shells running on the alternative consoles, so if you
> are doing a GUI install then do Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to the text console
> - that console is the one running the install and may have some error
> messages. Do Alt-F2 from there to get to a shell prompt with root
> privileges, Alt-F3 for the anaconda log, Alt-F4 for the storage log,
> Alt-F5 for other log messages and Alt-F6 to get back to the GUI
> install.
>
> P.
>
> Hi,
I tried a long time ago to install Centos 7 on an Acer 2000 (32 Bits) with  
Net-install , loaded down a CD : The instructions are very clear : But I  
never had any succes or a result . I know it is a very old PC with 1 GB  
memory , I use it with , maybe you do not believe it  with an application  
of SCO Unix 5.05 ( self build CAD application written in C) . The gag is  
the bootloader recognects SCO .

Is there out ther some one who can help or advise ?



Kind regards ,


Ger van Dijck .
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