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| From | "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? |
| Date | 2025-10-10 09:21 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <koomrlxf6c.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink) |
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On 2025-10-10 03:41, c186282 wrote: > On 10/9/25 17:45, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: >> On Thu, 9 Oct 2025 21:25:12 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> >>> On 2025-10-08 23:06, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: >>>> >>>> Most installers give you some way of switching to a text terminal >>>> window with a standard shell prompt. Because after all the >>>> installation volume is running on a full-function Linux kernel, >>>> after all. This lets you do custom pre-setup (like special >>>> partitioning) even if the installer itself doesn’t have that level >>>> of functionality. >>> >>> Yes, YaST can run in text mode. >> >> Not usually necessary. The GUI installer would be running in a >> standard GUI session off the installation media, but given you are >> running a fully-functional regular Linux kernel, the usual CTRL-ALT-Fn >> keystrokes will work for switching to a text console. > > Not usually "necessary" - but it was good when > you needed it, like for servers with no GUI. > (I can just see the newbies falling back out > of their chairs - "NO GUI ???!!!" :-) When using ssh to another system it is useful to run yast inside as text. You can also run it graphically by using "ssh -X root@system.whatever". At least in a lan it runs fine, dunno over internet. > > The text version and GUI version were amazingly > alike too. > > Anyway, YAST was the deal-maker for OpenSUSE. Now > I'll have no reason to install a fat RPM distro > at all anywhere. That's what I told them, and I got almost insulted. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;
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Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-13 03:41 -0400
Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-13 10:20 +0100
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Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-16 02:27 -0400
Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-16 07:22 +0000
Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-17 22:24 -0400
Lazarus [Was: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work?] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-18 20:08 +0200
Re: Lazarus [Was: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work?] c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-19 04:15 -0400
Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-16 04:36 +0000
Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-10-16 10:29 -0700
Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-16 01:49 -0400
Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-10-16 15:43 -0700
Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-10-14 21:30 +0000
Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-14 22:11 +0000
Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-12 12:10 +0100
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