I'm trying to install F11 on an eee pc with a 4G ssd drive (F9 and F10 worked well on it). For various reasons, my preferred method of installing from a live cd on a usb stick was not an option. so, instead, I followed the instructions here:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpost.php?p=1235298&postcount=111 in effect, installing from the install dvd image on a usb stick. First, the graphical install didn't work (I have no idea why: X was running fine with F9 and 10). It hung, with the last lines of /tmp/anaconda.log being: ERROR: Error running xrandr: None INFO: Starting graphical installation ... WARNING: step installtype does not exist WARNING: step confirminstall does not exist WARNING: step complete does not exist INFO: moving (1) to step welcome So I tried text-mode install. At the partitioning stage I chose the second option (which seemed to say that the original partitioning will be used) but the installer complained that there wasn't enough space. Nonsense, with a / partition that is almost 4G, of which only 0.5G was used later. So I had to go back and choose the 3rd option ("use all free space" or some such). I didn't know it meant automatic partitioning (a very bad idea with a 4G ssd! one certainly doesn't want a swap partition there) but it did. And from then on I had no say in other matters (package selection, grub installation) either. Among other things, it means that now I can only boot with the usb stick, I have lvm and ext4 / partition which I definitely don't want, but no wireless, because NM is an X thing and X wasn't installed (OK, the first and the last problem don't seem that bad). I guess my main question is how to make the graphical installer work, because I have the feeling the text-based installer just isn't capable of asking all the questions, and that is why it makes all the decisions for the user. But I'd be curious about any information about this mess. Andras -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
