Installation guide

chine. This may be needed for some older systems where only 16 mb is detected and for
some new machines where the video card shares the video memory with the main memory.
When executing this command, xxx should be replaced with the amount of memory in
megabytes.
nopass
this command disables the passing of keyboard and mouse information to stage 2 of the in-
stallation program. It can be used to test keyboard and mouse configuration screens during
stage 2 of the installation program when performing a network installation.
nopcmcia
this command ignores any PCMCIA controllers in system.
noprobe
this command disables hardware detection and instead prompts the user for hardware in-
formation.
noshell
this command disables shell access on virtual console 2 during an installation.
nousb
this command disables the loading of USB support during the installation. If the installation
program tends to hang early in the process, this command may be helpful.
nousbstorage
this command disables the loading of the usbstorage module in the installation program's
loader. It may help with device ordering on SCSI systems.
rescue
this command runs rescue mode. Refer to Chapter 26, Basic System Recovery for more in-
formation about rescue mode.
resolution=
tells the installation program which video mode to run. it accepts any standard resolution,
such as 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, and so on.
serial
this command turns on serial console support.
text
this command disables the graphical installation program and forces the installation pro-
gram to run in text mode.
updates
this command prompts you to insert a floppy diskette containing updates (bug fixes) for the
anaconda installation program. It is not needed if you are performing a network installation
and have already placed the updates image contents in rhupdates/ on the server.
vnc
this command allows you to install from a VNC server.
vncpassword=
this command sets the password used to connect to the VNC server.
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