[Cbe-oss-dev] PS3 Fedora 12 install notes

[Geoff Levand]

On 12/02/2009 11:24 AM, Andrea wrote:
> On 02/12/09 18:35, Geoff Levand wrote: 
>> As for anaconda's text install, it doesn't allow for custom
>> partition layout.  It uses a fixed layout.  I believe 'replace
>> linux system' will put that layout in an existing install, but
>> not touch other installed systems.
> 
> I've rerun the installation and tried all possible options (I think), but none of them took me to a
> screen like
> 
> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f12/en-US/html/s1-guimode-textinterface-x86.html#fig-install-widget2-x86

As I said, the text mode PS3 runs does not support custom partition
layout, so you won't see this screen.

> PS: just a couple of remarks on your notes about the network on the Post-Install
> 
> 1) wlan0 has ONBOOT=yes, which might confuse things. I removed it.
> 
> 2) the netowrk service does not start by default, so ONBOOT=yes on eth0 is not enough after a reboot.
> I had to install system-config-services to enable the network service (but there must be a text only
> methond)

The gnome NetworkManager client should start the network when X starts.

Services can be configured from the command line with chkconfig.

-Geoff