Need help with minimal install on ee701

[Phil Dobbin]

On 11/26/2012 04:40 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:

> I did the minimal install on my ee701.  At least the first attempt.
> 
> I set my swap at 768Mb, and left /boot at 500Mb (probably could shrink
> this next time).  This left 2.7Gb for /
> 
> That swap will be too small for hibernate....
> 
> So a minimal install with also selecting Gnome (and deselecting a few
> things like snapwell or whatever it is called) resulting in only 737Mb
> used in /!  Now I have a local repo, so I was able to select my local
> update repo to eliminate the update step.
> 
> So when the computer boots, I come up in multiuser, not graphical and it
> did not prompt me to create a non-root user and all those other first
> time boot options of a regular install.  Sooo...
> 
> How do I start gnome so I can use its tools for things like creating my
> userID?
> Whatelse do I need to set from the 1st time boot?
> How do I change the runtime to grahical with no /etc/inittab?  I looked
> at what inittab has in it now and tried the ln command:
> 
> ln -s /lib/systemd/system/graphical.target
> /etc/systemd/system/default.target
> 
> But of course this fails as there already is the symbolic link to
> multi-user.
> 
> It was quite a pain getting to this point as the ee701 has a narrow
> screen and you cannont move the screens in install to see what is off
> the bottom of the screen.  You just have to guess....

Not that it's much use now but for future reference, there is an option
to earmark first boot for install at the Optional Installs stage.

Cheers,

  Phil...


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