Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-autoinstall (47 mails)

["Ness, Todd" <todd.ness@xxxxxxx>]

Or press the F3 key on the initial screen and select text from there.

On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 16:17 +0100, Jiri Srain wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Sure it is. Just add 
>
> Textmode=1
>
> to the kernel command line when booting the installation.
>
> For more reference, see
>
> http://en.opensuse.org/Linuxrc#Parameter_Reference
>
> Jiri
>
> Dne Thursday 01 of November 2007 15:57:29 Alan McKay napsal(a):
> > Hey folks,
> >
> > Is it possible to do a text-based install like there is for Red Hat
> > Anaconda? If so, how do I initiate it?  I'm going through the docs but
> > cannot see anything obvious.
> >
> > My problem is that I'm trying to install OpenSuSe 10.2 64bit within a
> > VMWare machine, and it keeps crashing right near the end of the
> > install when it's detecting hardware.  I have a hunch that doing a
> > text-based install would fix this, based on the stuff happening with
> > the virtual screen at that time.
> >
> > thanks,
> > -Alan
> >
> > --
> > "Aikido has but one principle - the universal reality of life"
> >                - Mitsugi Saotome
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