very basic about initial install

[Zach]

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 1:21 PM,  <reader at newsguy.com> wrote:
> Zach <uid000 at gmail.com> writes:
>
>
> >>  Also is there no way to have a text terminal console, after the
>  >>  install?  That is get clear away from the gui mess.  I need the
>  >>  regular unix style command line.
>  >
>  > If you really want no gui at all, ever, I recommend the server install
>  > CD.  It gives you a very basic installation that you can build on by
>  > installing packages of your choosing.
>
>  I'm amazed now using the server install that I still cannot get a
>  command line during install.... I have to walk thru fdisk 1 primite
>  screen at a time.
>
>  Whats up with total avoidance of a simple command line?
>
>  There appears to be no way to get a darned command line and just use
>  fdisk like I've done so many linux distributions
>
>

I know you're well past this by now and up and running with the server
install, but I just wanted to mention, for the record, that I /think/
you can get a terminal from the installer with the traditional virtual
consoles: ctrl+alt+<F1,F2,...Fn>.

>From there you should be able to run a partitioning tool manually (if,
for some reason, the installer's partitioning tool is insufficient).
However, if you rework the partions outside of the installer, make
sure you back up and let it redetect the new partitions.  You'll may
still have to tell it where to mount your partitions, though.

Hope things are going better for you, now.

Zach

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