[gentoo-user] How to get text only console on livecd install

[gentoo-user] How to get text only console on livecd install

[Harry Putnam]

How can I force a text only console when installing from live cd?

(This is the most recent livecd for x86 on www.gentoo.org)

There appears only gentoo or gentoo-nofb...as boot choices and either
of those ends in a gui.

I always find it takes me 10 minutes to find a terminal once the gui
comes up.  So prefer the text console.

Looking thru the F2 options.. as well, I don't see a choice that looks
like it might give me a text only console to work in.

I realize I can do something once I find a command terminal to either
kill X or just use that terminal... but why have to dick around like that?

Re: [gentoo-user] How to get text only console on livecd install

[Iain Buchanan]

On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 05:38 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote:
> How can I force a text only console when installing from live cd?
...

I think it's something to do with "nox" but I'm not sure exactly how.

Either that or start using the minimal boot CD's - only about 100MB and
no X :)

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Re: [gentoo-user] How to get text only console on livecd install

[Willie Wong]

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 05:38:06AM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote:
> How can I force a text only console when installing from live cd?
> 
> (This is the most recent livecd for x86 on www.gentoo.org)
> 
> There appears only gentoo or gentoo-nofb...as boot choices and either
> of those ends in a gui.

Heh, that's why I've been using SystemRescueCD to do my gentoo
installs. 

Cheers, 

W 

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         et vice versa   ~~~  I. Newton

Re: [gentoo-user] How to get text only console on livecd install

[Jarry]

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 05:38:06AM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote:
> How can I force a text only console when installing from live cd?
> (This is the most recent livecd for x86 on www.gentoo.org)
>
> There appears only gentoo or gentoo-nofb...as boot choices and either
> of those ends in a gui.

Usually I'm using gentoo-livedvd, but I think "gentoo nox" should work
with cd too (it is on "option" page when booting)...

But what I find strange is that only one single terminal is opened.
Trying Alt+F2 or Ctrl+Alt+F2 does not switch me to other one...

Jarry

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Re: [gentoo-user] How to get text only console on livecd install

[Dale]

chrome://messenger/locale/messengercompose/composeMsgs.properties:
> How can I force a text only console when installing from live cd?
>
> (This is the most recent livecd for x86 on www.gentoo.org)
>
> There appears only gentoo or gentoo-nofb...as boot choices and either
> of those ends in a gui.
>
> I always find it takes me 10 minutes to find a terminal once the gui
> comes up.  So prefer the text console.
>
> Looking thru the F2 options.. as well, I don't see a choice that looks
> like it might give me a text only console to work in.
>
> I realize I can do something once I find a command terminal to either
> kill X or just use that terminal... but why have to dick around like that?
>
>    

Unless it has changed, it is "gentoo nox" at the prompt.  Whatever 
option you want to use, you have to put the gentoo first.  At least it 
was that way the last I used it anyway.  If you just put nox, it will 
ignore it for some reason or other.

Hope that helps.

Oh, I use Knoppix most of the time.  I can surf the web while something 
compiles.  ;-)

Dale

:-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] How to get text only console on livecd install

[Dale]

chrome://messenger/locale/messengercompose/composeMsgs.properties:
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 05:38:06AM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> How can I force a text only console when installing from live cd?
>> (This is the most recent livecd for x86 on www.gentoo.org)
>>
>> There appears only gentoo or gentoo-nofb...as boot choices and either
>> of those ends in a gui.
>
> Usually I'm using gentoo-livedvd, but I think "gentoo nox" should work
> with cd too (it is on "option" page when booting)...
>
> But what I find strange is that only one single terminal is opened.
> Trying Alt+F2 or Ctrl+Alt+F2 does not switch me to other one...
>
> Jarry
>

Unless it has changed, I get four consoles.  I can't recall but I think 
I have the CD version of the thing.

Nice to see you remember the same command I do tho.  Maybe we are 
correct on gentoo nox.

Dale

:-)  :-)

[gentoo-user] Re: How to get text only console on livecd install

[Harry Putnam]

Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> writes:

> Unless it has changed, it is "gentoo nox" at the prompt.  Whatever
> option you want to use, you have to put the gentoo first.  At least it

Yup, sorry for missing it in the options (F7).  Iain B. nailed right off
the bat.