[Gllug] Fedora 11 gets it wrong

[Alain Williams]

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:57:19AM +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> On 06/10/2009 10:41 AM, John Edwards wrote:
> >> 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'
> >
> > 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.
> 
> Not sure why one might want a server sitting in a remote dc, with no 
> network access :) - even if its a private one.
> 
> My guess is that Tethys has serial for the console, but still does have 
> network interface(s) on the machine.

Even if he does have network access, running a GUI over the Internet is slooow.
Far better to use ssh (which effectlively is a serial console interface).
This is one of the nice things about Unix - you don't (or shouldn't) need a
GUI to do config/sysadmin stuff.

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