Re: [CentOS] Problem with net-install

2011-07-14 Thread Brunner, Brian T.
centos-boun...@centos.org wrote: > On 07/12/2011 02:32 PM, Brunner, Brian T. wrote: >> Add: AMD Geode (586 non-PAE) can run CentOS 5 but not 6. >> >> Desired: Somebody who is good with repos and rpms please put the >> linux kernel (for centos 6) "somewhere" so > > the via EPIA and the P3 mentione

Re: [CentOS] Problem with net-install - USB keyboard solved

2011-07-14 Thread david
At 11:37 PM 7/13/2011, you wrote: >On 07/11/2011 08:37 PM, david wrote: > > I fear that the net-install image may not support USB keyboards, > > which if so, is unfortunate. > > > >that is not true, I've done a couple of installs on machines that only >hae usb keyboards and its been fine. Could it

Re: [CentOS] Problem with net-install

2011-07-13 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 07/11/2011 08:37 PM, david wrote: > I fear that the net-install image may not support USB keyboards, > which if so, is unfortunate. > that is not true, I've done a couple of installs on machines that only hae usb keyboards and its been fine. Could it be a model / bios / firmware issue ? - KB

Re: [CentOS] Problem with net-install

2011-07-13 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 07/12/2011 02:32 PM, Brunner, Brian T. wrote: > Add: AMD Geode (586 non-PAE) can run CentOS 5 but not 6. > > Desired: Somebody who is good with repos and rpms please put the linux > kernel (for centos 6) "somewhere" so the via EPIA and the P3 mentioned earlier in this thread are all i686 comp

Re: [CentOS] Problem with net-install

2011-07-12 Thread John R Pierce
On 07/12/11 9:13 AM, John Hinton wrote: > I wouldn't consider G4s old and slow... 8 > gigs of ram and a dual 3.6g xeon processors isn't all that slow or > shabby. except today's model is 48GB of ram[1] and dual 6 core 3Ghz CPUs, each core of which is significantly faster than those P4/Netburst xe

Re: [CentOS] Problem with net-install

2011-07-12 Thread R - elists
john you can inexpensively purchase proper slim dvd drives for proliant servers we have done so for G3. G4 is essentially same - rh ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Problem with net-install

2011-07-12 Thread Les Mikesell
On 7/12/2011 11:13 AM, John Hinton wrote: > I will find a way to install this on these > Proliants, but shame on Redhat for not doing CDs. Unless it is your first linux install at a location, NFS should be the easy route. It was always easier than burning/juggling the whole CD set even when the

Re: [CentOS] Problem with net-install

2011-07-12 Thread John Hinton
On 7/12/2011 9:31 AM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > That being said, I never said it will not run on older hardware, just > that they (most developers of most packages) don't care that much > about older hardware, and my reply was aimed at gradual disappearance > of CD medium from more and more d

Re: [CentOS] Problem with net-install

2011-07-12 Thread m . roth
Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > Drew wrote: >>> CentOS 6 was not really intended for slower systems, none of the newer >>> distros are. CentOS 6 kernel for example does not support 586 CPU's. >> >> I'd like to know where you read that because I'm looking at putting >> CentOS 6 onto a couple of lower e

Re: [CentOS] Problem with net-install

2011-07-12 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: >> Fedora 12-15 for example need more space on boot partition (500MB is I >> am not mistaken) and CentOS5/Fedora6 only needed <100MB. > > F12-F15 need a larger "/boot" for the "preupgrade" tool (to upgrade > from one versi

Re: [CentOS] Problem with net-install

2011-07-12 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > > Fedora 12-15 for example need more space on boot partition (500MB is I > am not mistaken) and CentOS5/Fedora6 only needed <100MB. F12-F15 need a larger "/boot" for the "preupgrade" tool (to upgrade from one version to the next) to ru

Re: [CentOS] Problem with net-install

2011-07-12 Thread Samuel Torralba
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 3:37 AM, david wrote: > Folks > > I tried the net-install, because my computer has no DVD, only a CD. > The system has a USB connected keyboard, and it works just fine > accessing the built-in BIOS. > > However, when I booted the netinstall CD, the initial screen which > a

Re: [CentOS] Problem with net-install

2011-07-12 Thread Brunner, Brian T.
centos-boun...@centos.org wrote: > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 05:54:56AM -0700, Drew wrote: >>> CentOS 6 was not really intended for slower systems, none of the >>> newer distros are. CentOS 6 kernel for example does not support 586 >>> CPU's. >> >> I'd like to know where you read that because I'm l

Re: [CentOS] Problem with net-install

2011-07-12 Thread Lamar Owen
On Tuesday, July 12, 2011 08:54:56 AM Drew wrote: > > CentOS 6 was not really intended for slower systems, none of the newer > > distros are. CentOS 6 kernel for example does not support 586 CPU's. > > I'd like to know where you read that because I'm looking at putting > CentOS 6 onto a couple of

Re: [CentOS] Problem with net-install

2011-07-12 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Drew wrote: >> CentOS 6 was not really intended for slower systems, none of the newer >> distros are. CentOS 6 kernel for example does not support 586 CPU's. > > I'd like to know where you read that because I'm looking at putting > CentOS 6 onto a couple of lower end boxes, specifically a > P3-800

Re: [CentOS] Problem with net-install

2011-07-12 Thread fred smith
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 05:54:56AM -0700, Drew wrote: > > CentOS 6 was not really intended for slower systems, none of the newer > > distros are. CentOS 6 kernel for example does not support 586 CPU's. > > I'd like to know where you read that because I'm looking at putting > CentOS 6 onto a couple

Re: [CentOS] Problem with net-install

2011-07-12 Thread Drew
> CentOS 6 was not really intended for slower systems, none of the newer > distros are. CentOS 6 kernel for example does not support 586 CPU's. I'd like to know where you read that because I'm looking at putting CentOS 6 onto a couple of lower end boxes, specifically a P3-800(mobile) and an older

Re: [CentOS] Problem with net-install

2011-07-12 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
david wrote: > COMMENT: One of the nice properties of Linux has been that it can be > installed and run on "old" hardware. I wonder if this feature is going away. CentOS dev team will, in next few days release several general purpose CD's Like Minimal server CD and Minimal Installation CD. Liv

[CentOS] Problem with net-install

2011-07-11 Thread david
Folks I tried the net-install, because my computer has no DVD, only a CD. The system has a USB connected keyboard, and it works just fine accessing the built-in BIOS. However, when I booted the netinstall CD, the initial screen which asks for the type of installation did not respond to the keyb