Re: [CentOS] Installing Centos 7 on 4K laptop

2018-09-27 Thread H
On September 27, 2018 5:24:09 PM EDT, vychytraly wrote: >Hello, not sure what you mean by "There is an option to use TAB to >complete >option choices but nomodeset does not seem to be one of the available >options" but in my experience nomodeset option works pretty well when >put >to grub boot

Re: [CentOS] Installing Centos 7 on 4K laptop

2018-09-27 Thread vychytraly
Hello, not sure what you mean by "There is an option to use TAB to complete option choices but nomodeset does not seem to be one of the available options" but in my experience nomodeset option works pretty well when put to grub boot parameters. On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 9:27 PM H wrote: > I have

Re: [CentOS] Failed to get to installer for CentOS 7 VM under CentOS 6...

2018-09-27 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 9/27/18 8:21 AM, Robert Heller wrote: So, is it not possible to install CentOS 7 via PXE? Or is there something missing? Something is missing.  I replied on 9/21: It looks like you just need to specify the location of the stage2 installer.  The vmlinuz/initrd don't have any UI, they're

[CentOS] Installing Centos 7 on 4K laptop

2018-09-27 Thread H
I have recently bought a Dell Inspiron 15 7570 laptop with a 4K display on which I want to install Centos 7. I had some problems with the first install and am therefore redoing the install. One problem is the minuscule font, both in the text window and in the graphic installer. It has been

Re: [CentOS] Failed to get to installer for CentOS 7 VM under CentOS 6...

2018-09-27 Thread Robert Heller
At Thu, 27 Sep 2018 09:34:15 -0700 (PDT) CentOS mailing list wrote: > > On Thu, 27 Sep 2018, Robert Heller wrote: > > > I just tried a CentOS 7 install to a laptop over PXE and it failed in jus= > t the > > same way as for the VM. > > > > So, is it not possible to install CentOS 7 via PXE?

Re: [CentOS] Seagate - experience/opinion on vendor?

2018-09-27 Thread mark
Warren Young wrote: > On Sep 27, 2018, at 3:40 AM, lejeczek via CentOS > wrote: >> >> And when they do release new software(which firmware is) then, they >> must have a very good reason(which sometimes they do not say, but often >> than not they do say) to do that. > > You’re assuming that their

Re: [CentOS] Failed to get to installer for CentOS 7 VM under CentOS 6...

2018-09-27 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Thu, 27 Sep 2018, Robert Heller wrote: I just tried a CentOS 7 install to a laptop over PXE and it failed in just the same way as for the VM. So, is it not possible to install CentOS 7 via PXE? Or is there something missing? I just copied the images under os/x86_64/images/ to the tftpd

Re: [CentOS] Seagate - experience/opinion on vendor?

2018-09-27 Thread Warren Young
On Sep 27, 2018, at 3:40 AM, lejeczek via CentOS wrote: > > And when they do release new software(which firmware is) then, they must have > a very good reason(which sometimes they do not say, but often than not they > do say) to do that. You’re assuming that their good reason is *your* good

Re: [CentOS] Failed to get to installer for CentOS 7 VM under CentOS 6...

2018-09-27 Thread Robert Heller
I just tried a CentOS 7 install to a laptop over PXE and it failed in just the same way as for the VM. So, is it not possible to install CentOS 7 via PXE? Or is there something missing? I just copied the images under os/x86_64/images/ to the tftpd directory (/var/lib/tftpboot/) and included

Re: [CentOS] Seagate - experience/opinion on vendor?

2018-09-27 Thread lejeczek via CentOS
On 26/09/18 19:16, lejeczek via CentOS wrote: hi guys I have rather a large set of Seagate's SAS ST32000444SS, over a hundred - experience I'm having from those in conjunction with their tech support is abysmal. I'm trying to update firmware of these drives and nothing works, including

Re: [CentOS] Seagate - experience/opinion on vendor?

2018-09-27 Thread lejeczek via CentOS
On 26/09/18 21:13, mark wrote: Mauricio Tavares wrote: On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 3:37 PM, lejeczek via CentOS wrote: On 26/09/18 20:19, Mauricio Tavares wrote: If ti makes you feel any better, I am not having stellar service from WD's support. In fact, they act like they never received the