Re: [CentOS] Screen capture during install

2008-09-12 Thread Karanbir Singh

Hi Bob,

Bob Hoffman wrote:

My main reason was to make a really good how to book on building the
webserver to help other newbies.


That sounds like a really good thing to do. However, let me point out a 
couple of things that are important when it comes to the mailing list 
you are on here.


1) dont reply to someone else's email when its a NEW topic or thread you 
want to create. At the moment, since you replied to my email about the 
website rather than posting a new email, this entire conversation about 
how you would screenshot various things, is now under the thread titled 
'Centos Website'. dont believe me ? look here : 
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2008-September/thread.html


2) when you reply to someone on a thread, dont top post. Put your 
content below the portion you are replying to, and delete the rest ( eg. 
look at this email of mine. I've trimmed out the extra stuff and only 
left in enough to make sense of the thread ).


Do those two things, and you are sorted!

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RE: [CentOS] Screen capture during install

2008-09-12 Thread Bob Hoffman
 
I found this article..and does talk about the VM
http://portal.dfpug.de/dFPUG/Dokumente/Partner/Linuxtransfer/installation_vm
warescreenshots.pdf

It is called "Using VMWare to Capture Linux Installation Screen Shots"...lol

Since I only want to go as far as the actual package selection, I may be
able to pull it off that way.
Just the thought of two installations and learning virtual machines...just
to take about 20 shots is a bit uch..ugh

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RE: [CentOS] Screen capture during install

2008-09-12 Thread Bob Hoffman
 
My main reason was to make a really good how to book on building the
webserver to help other newbies.

I guess I could install, learn VM, and then kinda 'fake install' the new
system and screen brab it.

Or maybe I could just use a cameralol

Maybe I could run the video though a filter and grab it with the vcr or a
diff computer and take the video and cut it up.

Nothing is ever easy dang it. Chicken egg things is a bummer.

> Run it in a virtual machine and take snapshots every so 
> often.  It's a pain, but it works.  I use VMWare
> 
> mhr

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Re: [CentOS] Screen capture during install

2008-09-12 Thread Bill Campbell
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008, Bob Hoffman wrote:
> 
>Good evening.
>
>I see all these neat how-tos online with nice pictures of the install and
>all.
>I am new to using linux on a computer I own.
>
>I want to document the next server I build, each step. 
>
>How do you do a screen capture on a system you are doing a fresh install on?
>KVM connected to the unit?

The first time I did this I had a camera on a tripod behind the screen with
a remote to the camera.  Shutter priority with about a 2 second exposure is
necessary to get complete screen captures.

I have done it more recently using vnc to handle the install on another
machine on the network, grabbing each screen using whatever that machine
has available.  I find vnc installs helpful in any case as it makes it easy
to monitor the installation without having to look at the hardware which
may be in another room.

Bill
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Re: [CentOS] Screen capture during install

2008-09-12 Thread MHR
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Bob Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Good evening.
>
> I see all these neat how-tos online with nice pictures of the install and
> all.
> I am new to using linux on a computer I own.
>
> I want to document the next server I build, each step.
>
> How do you do a screen capture on a system you are doing a fresh install on?
> KVM connected to the unit?
>
> Any help appreciated.
>

Run it in a virtual machine and take snapshots every so often.  It's a
pain, but it works.  I use VMWare

mhr
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[CentOS] Screen capture during install

2008-09-12 Thread Bob Hoffman
 
Good evening.

I see all these neat how-tos online with nice pictures of the install and
all.
I am new to using linux on a computer I own.

I want to document the next server I build, each step. 

How do you do a screen capture on a system you are doing a fresh install on?
KVM connected to the unit?

Any help appreciated.

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