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Is it possible to specify a proxy when starting a "linux askmethod" install? Thanks Dean

...Geis <geisj at pagestation.com <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos>> wrote: >/ />/ If you specify noprobe at boot can you then manually />/ specify to load the 8139too network module? If so how? />/ />/ Thanks, />/ />/ jerry I am trying to to boot with askmethod to do an nfs install I did the noprobe insmod 8139too and it did not load the network driver. Did I miss something? my command is "linux askmethod noprobe insmod 8139too" Thanks, Jerry /

...erday I upgraded one of them, and got the dreaded Kernel panic. Something about powernowk8. I could boot up with the old kernel, though. I know I have to put in a bug report on this, will do shortly, but first wanted to try a fresh install on another DecTOP. At the prompt, I specified: linux askmethod After it loaded the kernel, it died with the same Kernel panic. This is bad. Very bad. If they fix the kernel (when, please?), I will need to make a new install CD (how?). Yes, I can put the drive in another system, do the install, move the drive, then run system-config-display, but I was...

Trying the to install on the OQO, and hitting up against one problem I see a lot in the comments about installing various distros on it. That is its screen size. So I could install using the text installation except... What is the command line for text install and askmethod so I can use HTTP to access my local repo? What do I add to 'linux askmethod'? And if I go the text install route, can I do all of my custom disk partitioning? I seem to recall from when I fell intotext install on a system without enough memory, that I could not work with LVM in text...

...s - So what happened to the RescueCD ISO?... i'm not finding it under the ...centos/4.4/isos/ dir, as i believe it generally has been previously. At my office, we have a local mirror, and i've always just burned the RescueCD ISO and booted with that. At the prompt i supply "linux askmethod" and then later reference our local mirror to do an install or upgrade. The RescueCD is (or was) particularly convenient, because it's small & quick to download & burn. Is there a simple alternative that i'm overlooking? Thanks *----->

First off, there is no access into the bios on this unit It will boot from the hard drive or a USB CD. I have a USB DVD/CDRW. The system will boot from it. But if I just press enter to install off the CD, I end up at the askmethod menu. I press the local CD option and am told, no CD. Help?

Hello again. Working to put Centos 5 on my old Toshiba Portege 3490ct (256Mb memory). PCMCIA CDrom and Lan card. Using 'linux askmethod' to be able to install off of my FTP server (have done 4 PC installs so far off that server successfully) It's video card is: S3 86C270-294 Savage IX/MV After recognizing the video card I get the message about no graphical install available. Putting on and external monitor does not ch...

Installing a new system, I launched the install: linux vnc I was then able to connect with a VNC client and run the install, really cool. All went well until the actual installation started. I saw the formatting of the swap partition, then the root file system and then I was suddenly disconnected. On the console was the following message: *** glibc detected *** double free or corruption

...onf here, too: cat /mnt/disk/syslinux/grub.conf #debug --graphics default=0 splashimage=@SPLASHPATH@ timeout 5 hiddenmenu title @PRODUCT@ @VERSION@ kernel @KERNELPATH@ initrd @INITRDPATH@ title Install system with basic video driver kernel @KERNELPATH@ xdriver=vesa nomodeset askmethod initrd @INITRDPATH@ title rescue kernel @KERNELPATH@ rescue askmethod initrd @INITRDPATH@ On the second partition, copy your .iso images. Then copy /mnt/iso/images there. You should be good to go. NOTE: during the install, if you make any partitions encrypted, it will han...

I'm having trouble getting CentOS 4.5 to install via FTP. I have a local FTP server with a mirror of 4/os/i386. I boot from the first CentOS 4.5 CD and enter 'linux askmethod'. I choose the FTP installation method and DHCP for the IP configuration. At the FTP Setup screen I enter the IP address of my server and the path of the i386 directory. Selecting OK there takes me to the CD Found screen that asks if I want to perform a media test. Skipping the media test t...

I noticed in 4.92 there is no disabling selinux at install. It is now a firstboot option which then requires a reboot. Is there anyway to disable selinux at the boot install prompt so after the firstboot screens it wont reboot again? I presently install with "linux askmethod" so I can select NFS install. Thanks, Jerry

I have just finished setting up and configuring a server running CentOS 5 with 2 Xen VMs. This article describes my journey through this, including the problems I faced and there solutions. It documents the installation of CentOS 5, from a single CD, adding software, configuring squid, NFS, Xen, etc and sharing yum cache and lot more! I request everyone to check this out and tell me what should I

I want to set up a server that will do network installs of CentOS, perhaps through NFS. Ideally, I'd put a CentOS in the CD of the target computer, I boot it off of that CD, and then the rest is done over my network and with the server. Has anyone done that and published it? Where can I find docs? === Al

...perience with Linux was vanilla installs with no actuall modifications for the install process. I believe the process itself is fairly simple, as it only requires setting up a boot menu and then run the boot images of the distribution selected. When I start the linux install, I choose "linux askmethod" and then being prompted for the install method FTP, HTTP, CD or NFS Image. I have no need for an auto install beyond that part. All I need is to reach this screen, and I'll populate the values manually. I just need a simple menu at the onset of the boot that will ask me: "Which fl...

...= 1 vif = [ ''mac=00:16:3e:5f:ec:b0, bridge=eth0 , script=vif-bridge , type=netfront, backend=0''] disk = [ ''phy:sda5,hda1,w'',''phy:sda6,hdb1,r'' ] dhcp="dhcp" hostname= "tb1g1" #root = "/dev/hda1 rw" extra = "text askmethod 4" ############################# First problem is that interface is not getting initialized(i.e. not able to install through http nfs) For this I configured another vbd containing DVD iso image of CentOS4.5 In the latter case installation starts and reads OS image from the said VBD but at lat...

OK, this is getting ridiculous. A relatively new HP NC4010 (1 year old). A maybe not the newest Storix USB CD/R-DVD drive. Of course the HP has no problem booting up off the CDrom. But then I get that blasted dialog of where are my install. So I go through the list and find a USB storage driver. It doesn't help. I do have a USB 2.5" drive case that I can put a drive in with the

Hi. I'm installing CentOS far from home and forgot the CDs... I don't have time to download all 4, what are my best options? I can download CD 1 and perhaps 2 - is that enough? Is there a way to install directly over the internet from one of the mirrors? Thanks. Morten

(New to CentOS and just joined the list.) Is there a boot diskette image for the install CD? I want to install CentOS in a classroom that does not have CD boot enabled. I couldn''t find one on the install CD, although it did have a USB flash drive boot image. I''m pretty sure that the machines in the classroom are too old to be able to boot from USB flash drives. (I will check on

I have a small annoying problem with Ati video driver, when Centos 5.1 starts and gets to the login screen the resolution is too high for my monitor (better than out of range) and it's annoying can I have it start in a lower resolution. Thanks...

Since I have a four of these units, and the XP recovery CD, I figured, "ah give it a go." And going through the Centos wiki, I found a simple piece I was missing: "linux text askmethod". There were a few problems I had with the text install: Disk Druid does not work with LVM partitions, much, in text mode. I was able to increase the size of the swap partition though... I missed the setup for a user other than root. I will have to do that separately. System came up i...