Is there any way to install Fedora 33 without using the install GUI?
This morning, out of desperation, I tried the Network Installer for Fedora Server but it is just another .iso that uses the same GUI as the others I have used that I am no longer able to deal with. I was hoping it would be a command line operation which I can still deal with.
In order to use the GUI I need some one to do it for me while I tell them how to respond to the menu items, difficult since it is something I do infrequently although I can usually muddle through, it is inconvenient at best.
I have not been able to get past the language selection screen, the first one, in the network fedora server GUI, w/ould like to know if it offers the/ LVM or the "standard partitions?" I want the "standard partitions" not the LVM.
So my question boils down to is the installer GUI the only way to install Fedora 33?
Bob
On 11/2/20 12:33 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
Is there any way to install Fedora 33 without using the install GUI?
I have not been able to get past the language selection screen, the first one, in the network fedora server GUI, w/ould like to know if it offers the/ LVM or the "standard partitions?" I want the "standard partitions" not the LVM.
All the installers use the same installer program "anaconda" and the "standard partitions" option is always available. LVM is just the default.
So my question boils down to is the installer GUI the only way to install Fedora 33?
There is a text mode interface, but it's not easy to use, especially the partitioning. I couldn't really figure it out. Also, I think the resulting installed system will not boot to a graphical interface by default either.
Another method is to create a kickstart file to automate the install, but it's quite a bit of work for a single install.
On 03/11/2020 05:38, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 11/2/20 12:33 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
Is there any way to install Fedora 33 without using the install GUI?
I have not been able to get past the language selection screen, the first one, in the network fedora server GUI, w/ould like to know if it offers the/ LVM or the "standard partitions?" I want the "standard partitions" not the LVM.
All the installers use the same installer program "anaconda" and the "standard partitions" option is always available. LVM is just the default.
Hasn't that changed in F33? Isn't btrfs now the default?
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On 11/2/20 2:38 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/11/2020 05:38, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 11/2/20 12:33 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
Is there any way to install Fedora 33 without using the install GUI?
I have not been able to get past the language selection screen, the first one, in the network fedora server GUI, w/ould like to know if it offers the/ LVM or the "standard partitions?" I want the "standard partitions" not the LVM.
All the installers use the same installer program "anaconda" and the "standard partitions" option is always available. LVM is just the default.
Hasn't that changed in F33? Isn't btrfs now the default?
Good point. I haven't done an F33 install yet and I usually use kickstarts anyway.
On 2020-11-02 16:38, Samuel Sieb wrote:
So my question boils down to is the installer GUI the only way to install Fedora 33?
There is a text mode interface, but it's not easy to use, especially the partitioning. I couldn't really figure it out. Also, I think the resulting installed system will not boot to a graphical interface by default either.
. /I normally boot from a text display, I have trouble with the graphic too./
Another method is to create a kickstart file to automate the install, but it's quite a bit of work for a single install.
. The 'simple install' is not simple for me to use ...
I may have to rely on my helpers then but I will look into the kick start process.
Thanks for responding, Bob
On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 1:34 PM Bob Goodwin bobgoodwin@fastmail.us wrote:
Is there any way to install Fedora 33 without using the install GUI?
Netinstaller has an option to boot in text mode. Edit the command line and add 'inst.text' and you'll get the text installer. It is limited in what options you get.
I have not been able to get past the language selection screen, the first one, in the network fedora server GUI, w/ould like to know if it offers the/ LVM or the "standard partitions?" I want the "standard partitions" not the LVM.
There are four preset schemes, same as in the GUI: Btrfs, LVM, LVM Thin, Standard. But there's no other choices to customize these. You pick the scheme and get that scheme's "automatic" partitioning. You do get a choice whether to use only free space on the disk (default) or erase it.
On 11/2/20 10:39 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 1:34 PM Bob Goodwin bobgoodwin@fastmail.us wrote:
Is there any way to install Fedora 33 without using the install GUI?
Netinstaller has an option to boot in text mode. Edit the command line and add 'inst.text' and you'll get the text installer. It is limited in what options you get.
I have not been able to get past the language selection screen, the first one, in the network fedora server GUI, w/ould like to know if it offers the/ LVM or the "standard partitions?" I want the "standard partitions" not the LVM.
There are four preset schemes, same as in the GUI: Btrfs, LVM, LVM Thin, Standard. But there's no other choices to customize these. You pick the scheme and get that scheme's "automatic" partitioning. You do get a choice whether to use only free space on the disk (default) or erase it.
There was also a custom partitioning option, but I couldn't make any sense of it.
On 03/11/2020 14:45, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 11/2/20 10:39 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 1:34 PM Bob Goodwin bobgoodwin@fastmail.us wrote:
Is there any way to install Fedora 33 without using the install GUI?
Netinstaller has an option to boot in text mode. Edit the command line and add 'inst.text' and you'll get the text installer. It is limited in what options you get.
I have not been able to get past the language selection screen, the first one, in the network fedora server GUI, w/ould like to know if it offers the/ LVM or the "standard partitions?" I want the "standard partitions" not the LVM.
There are four preset schemes, same as in the GUI: Btrfs, LVM, LVM Thin, Standard. But there's no other choices to customize these. You pick the scheme and get that scheme's "automatic" partitioning. You do get a choice whether to use only free space on the disk (default) or erase it.
There was also a custom partitioning option, but I couldn't make any sense of it.
+1 And now I have a headache from trying.
--- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions.
On 2020-11-03 01:39, Chris Murphy wrote:
the command line and add 'inst.text' and you'll get the text installer.
. How do I do this? My options appear to be only: Install to disk, check media, troubleshoot
I tried "troubleshoot" but found no way to enter the command 'inst.text'
What am I doing wrong here, I'm booting the network installer from a USB flash drive ...
On 03/11/2020 22:25, Bob Goodwin wrote:
On 2020-11-03 01:39, Chris Murphy wrote:
the command line and add 'inst.text' and you'll get the text installer.
. How do I do this? My options appear to be only: Install to disk, check media, troubleshoot
I tried "troubleshoot" but found no way to enter the command 'inst.text'
What am I doing wrong here, I'm booting the network installer from a USB flash drive .
When you boot, Select "Install" and hit "TAB".
You will then have the ability to exit the line in question.
--- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions.
On 2020-11-03 11:09, Ed Greshko wrote:
When you boot, Select "Install" and hit "TAB".
You will then have the ability to exit the line in question.
. Yes. 'tab' gives me a place to enter the command 'inst.text' however it eventually brings up the graphic install display. doing it from the "check media" menu item also brings up the graphic install.
It appears this will not work for a Fedora 33 network install ... But it was something I needed to try.
Thanks, Bob
On 04/11/2020 03:13, Bob Goodwin wrote:
On 2020-11-03 11:09, Ed Greshko wrote:
When you boot, Select "Install" and hit "TAB".
You will then have the ability to exit the line in question.
. Yes. 'tab' gives me a place to enter the command 'inst.text' however it eventually brings up the graphic install display. doing it from the "check media" menu item also brings up the graphic install.
It appears this will not work for a Fedora 33 network install ... But it was something I needed to try.
Oh, it does work.
I tried it with the F33 netinstall iso on a VM
--- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions.
On 04/11/2020 03:13, Bob Goodwin wrote:
On 2020-11-03 11:09, Ed Greshko wrote:
When you boot, Select "Install" and hit "TAB".
You will then have the ability to exit the line in question.
. Yes. 'tab' gives me a place to enter the command 'inst.text' however it eventually brings up the graphic install display. doing it from the "check media" menu item also brings up the graphic install.
It appears this will not work for a Fedora 33 network install ... But it was something I needed to try.
As I said, it does work. But I think I know what happened in your case.
When you hit tab, the cursor is at the very end of the line with "quiet". There is no space. So, if you type in at that point it will show ....quietinst.text and the graphical interface will start.
So, put a space then inst.text.
--- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions.