Robert D. Arendt wrote:
Rick Stevens wrote:
David Hunt wrote:
So, the question is... How exactly do I force a text-based install? Is this a LILO option that I set in lilo.conf?
Text-based installs are done by simply entering "text" at the "boot:" prompt when booting off the CD as is shown in the part above that you quoted:
> in graphic mode ("boot: text").
Shouldn't that be "boot: linux text" ?
Success! 8-)
It turns out that with the Mandrake 9.1 Install disk selecting F1 allows for selecting a TEXT install. With the installation directly from the ISO files (as I happen to be doing) there is no similar option. BUT... As a last ditch effort, I simply added "text" to the end of the line including things like "acpi=on" in lilo.conf. Bingo! With the next reboot, the installation began in text mode. Fedora installed perfectly.
