On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Robert Citek wrote:
Thanks, Paul. I meant to have written "Here are just two of many ...".
I didn't mean to imply that you were suggesting your list was exhaustive. In fact, your solutions are probably the most accessible.
The VNC installation may be unique to Red Hat-based distributions (I don't recall seeing it as an option in Debian or Ubuntu, but that may be my oversight).
Installation via serial console is definitely not a beginner-level operation and probably more of an acquired taste. Then again, beer is also an acquired taste, so there's that to be said in defense of serial consoles.
I didn't mention a fifth option, but will do so now: 5) Put the laptop's hard drive in another machine, do the installation there, then move the drive back to the original machine.Of course, that doesn't solve the "how do I get a local console?" issue, but with Linux (pace Windows), it's a very viable solution.
-- Paul Heinlein [email protected] 45°38' N, 122°6' W
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