[mdlug] CentOS net install

Carl T. Miller carl at carltm.com
Sat May 5 11:26:35 EDT 2012


Mat Enders wrote:
> The way the net install works is that it boots to an ncurses environment
> then after you provide the source. I am using a CentOS 6.2 mirror. Then
> after the image is downloaded the graphical installation starts. I
> complete the install the way I would regularly and then it wants to
> reboot. After reboot however it drops into a command prompt login instead
> fo the first boot scenrio I am used to.

This is likely to be a problem with starting X on the
installed system.  I always thought it was funny that
X ran fine during the installer phase but then failed
after the installation on several of my laptops.

I'd check the usual places including /var/log/Xorg* to
see if it gives any clues.

c





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