[Gllug] Fedora 11 gets it wrong

[John Edwards]

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:14:40AM +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> On 06/10/2009 10:50 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
>> Sadly, I believe this was a delibrate decision. Text mode was 'simplified'
>> with the belief that people who don't want to do GUI installs typically
>> just use kickstart. FWIW, i think this is shortsighted myself :-(
> 
> I've been tracking the installer code, and afaict, they havent lost the 
> option that clearly says something like : 'Text mode is basic, would you 
> like a VNC installer started instead'
> 
> Would that not address this issue ?

That would be a problem for Tethys, as the server is in a remote
data centre and he only has access through a serial console.

Also VNC is slow over most internet link, and does not use a
strong encryption method unless you use a wrapper such as SSH.


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