Feature changed by: Jiri Srain (jsrain) Feature #306364, revision 6 Title: Live-CD: Start of Installer Without Desktop openSUSE-11.2: Evaluation Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Stephan Binner (beineri) Description: It should be possible to start the Live-CD installer directly from boot menu on low-memory systems without having to load a complete desktop. Discussion: #1: Jigish Gohil (cyberorg) (2009-05-12 09:01:35) --- /etc/init.d/xdm 2008-12-03 13:11:28.000000000 +0530+++ xdm 2009-05-12 12:20:36.000000000 +0530 -179,7 +179,12 @@ rc_exit fi fi- startproc -p $PIDFILE $DISPLAYMANAGER $XDMOPTIONS || rc_failed+ if cat /proc/cmdline | grep -q startinstall; then+ X : 0&+ DISPLAY=:0 yast2 --fullscreen live- installer+ else+ startproc -p $PIDFILE $DISPLAYMANAGER $XDMOPTIONS || rc_failed+ fi # After a crash or a kill signal we may have # a wrong owner ship of /dev/xconsole if rc_status ; then #2: Jigish Gohil (cyberorg) (2009-05-12 09:02:42) Hmm, comment section is broken. http://pastebin.com/f3cd7d509 + #3: Jiri Srain (jsrain) (2009-07-13 10:14:14) + Looks like an interesting idea (and this solution looks really simple), + anyway, will there be any benefit compared to classic installation, + especially regarding memory requirements? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306364