Server install boot options

[Christopher Chan]

On Sunday, September 19, 2010 06:12 AM, Monte Milanuk wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm curious about the boot options during the server install immediately
> following selecting the language. The ones labeled 'F1, F2,...F6' at the bottom
> of the screen. I can't seem to find any usable information in the official
> documentation, and what I can find in the community docs seems to apply to the
> desktop live cd version, as the options are different from what I'm seeing when
> booting from the server install cd.
>
> Specifically, the option 'F4 Modes' used to be for selecting graphics modes, but
> now contains options 'Normal', 'OEM Install', 'Install minimal system', and
> 'Install minimal virtual machine'. And 'F6 Boot Options' used to contain various
> parameters for booting with funky hardware... it still does, but has two other
> options 'Expert' and 'Free Software Only' which are similarly unexplained as to
> what exactly they do.

I suspect 'Expert' means you get to individually choose packages while 
'Free Software Only' will disable repositories/packages that are not 
Free Software.


>
> Where can I find some documentation that covers what those options actually do,
> etc.? Seems like some important options to be left completely out of the
> official documents...
>

Ugh...links to installation manual url that does not exist. Sigh. I 
guess I better leave my hardy box well alone. If it ain't broke, don't 
fix it.