Installation guide

this command turns on serial console support.
text
this command disables the graphical installation program and forces the installation
program 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.
updates=
this command allows you to specify a URL to retrieve updates (bug fixes) for the anaconda
installation program.
vnc
this command allows you to install from a VNC server.
vncpassword=
this command sets the password used to connect to the VNC server.
Important
Other kernel boot options have no particular meaning for an aco n d a and do not affect the
installation process. However, if you use these options to boot the installation system,
an aco n d a will preserve them in the bootloader configuration.
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