Quoting Ariel Biener, from the post of Sun, 04 Jun: > On Sunday 04 June 2006 21:37, Ira Abramov wrote: > > On a separate issue, the machine crashed when I let Anaconda boot into > > the Graphic install mode, so I had to do a text install. But that blew > > up when I booted into the OS because it defaulted to Runlevel 5 (the > > text mode installation does not come with an option for a text-only > > install). That was with Centos 4.0. tomorrow I'll try 4.3 (both x86_64, > > btw). Anyone has a clue? I don't mind running it with no X at all, since > > it IS a server afterall... > > Change the /etc/inittab in the `/' that the installer is installing to before > the installer finishes the installation of the OS and reboots.
well, DUH, that's the plan for today. I was wondering if anyone had an idea why it was crashing... oh, I forgot to mention why I'm doing a reinstall instead of fixing the current situation - the machine reset after the X started, and then never came up again, as if GRUB was gone from the MBR. It happend twice. the first time I did mount it from a rescue CD but could not reinstall GRUB (each time I ran grub-install it set the md0 that was the root to RO and then could not manipulate stage 1.5). It finally dawned on me that seperating a /boot is a must and reinstalling would be faster than resizing MD partitions, which I did, and it reset again on X and no grub on reboot, at which point I was too tired and left it. So today I'm trying again. wish me luck If you want, although I'm an Atheist and I know it doesn't exist, and sometimes, that notion is a bummer... -- Original sinner Ira Abramov http://ira.abramov.org/email/ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
