Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 is a bear

2011-10-11 Thread Daniel J Walsh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/07/2011 11:59 PM, Bob Hoffman wrote: > here is just a small sample of the errors in the messages log > after initial boot... I think there is a bug with the video, > something to do with grub according to peeps on the net. I want to > get ri

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 is a bear [solved]

2011-10-08 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Vreme: 10/08/2011 02:27 PM, Bob Hoffman piše: > Not even going to attempt to add x or graphics though, I guess you can > install guests with text installer. > Just no fancy lvm stuff for the guests... > > thanks ... it is up and running...finally... You can use SystemRescueCD, or even Partition Edi

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 is a bear [solved]

2011-10-08 Thread Bob Hoffman
I downloaded a brand new file, made a brand new dvd. I then did an install selecting the virtualization package, then in custom I selected all the virt packages. During install did the same thing as 100 times before, including making netmanager turn on eth auto. it came up in command line, conne

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 is a bear

2011-10-08 Thread Andrew Dorozhkin
On 08.10.2011 5:14, Bob Hoffman wrote: > Gotta say, centos has been tough to install and get working. > > The anaconda installer makes large drive setups horridly tedious > (especially if reinstalling a lot). > > Package selection seems a bit off... > > I did a virtualization package, no custom..di

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 is a bear

2011-10-08 Thread Thomas Lange
> On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:14:19 -0400, Bob Hoffman > said: > Gotta say, centos has been tough to install and get working. > The anaconda installer makes large drive setups horridly tedious > (especially if reinstalling a lot). You can also install centos using FAI (http://fa

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 is a bear

2011-10-07 Thread Emmanuel Noobadmin
On 10/8/11, Bob Hoffman wrote: > Gotta say, centos has been tough to install and get working. > > The anaconda installer makes large drive setups horridly tedious > (especially if reinstalling a lot). I usually try to speed reinstall up by using small / and not reformating /home. Not sure if it w

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 is a bear

2011-10-07 Thread Bob Hoffman
here is just a small sample of the errors in the messages log after initial boot... I think there is a bug with the video, something to do with grub according to peeps on the net. I want to get rid of abrtd but the computer will never start again if I do..which does not make sense. errors w

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 is a bear

2011-10-07 Thread Bob Hoffman
TE DUKES wrote -- Dd!! I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I initally installed CentOS 6.0 as a desktop and added from there. After that, I uninstalled the 'fluff'. - yea, that is the way I am going to have to go. However, I have done

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 is a bear

2011-10-07 Thread TE Dukes
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org > [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Bob Hoffman > Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 9:14 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: [CentOS] CentOS 6 is a bear > > Gotta say, centos has been

[CentOS] CentOS 6 is a bear

2011-10-07 Thread Bob Hoffman
Gotta say, centos has been tough to install and get working. The anaconda installer makes large drive setups horridly tedious (especially if reinstalling a lot). Package selection seems a bit off... I did a virtualization package, no custom..did not install qemu, libvirt, and all attempts to d