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I’ve been doing a CentOS 7.6.1810 net-install since last night. The machine seems ok but has been stuck with “performing post-installation setup tasks”
for hours. This is an old Dell T5400 box, so it isn’t blazing fast but …

Is there a way to pull up its skirt (so to speak) and check/monitor the installation activity while installing it? Having already started the installation?

BTW, in the phase of the install process, is it still hitting the net?

8 thoughts on - Installation Question?

  • Yes, there are shells running on the alternative consoles, so if you are doing a GUI install then do Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to the text console
    – that console is the one running the install and may have some error messages. Do Alt-F2 from there to get to a shell prompt with root privileges, Alt-F3 for the anaconda log, Alt-F4 for the storage log, Alt-F5 for other log messages and Alt-F6 to get back to the GUI
    install.

    P.

  • Pete Biggs writes:

    It is my experience too that starting with CentOS 7, “post-installation setup tasks” take up an inproportionate amount of time during. All I was able to find out was that the kickstart %post section was not the culprit.

    It would be nice to have some detailed documentation what these post-installation tasks actually are. ISTR a lot of dracut this and that showing up in top.

  • After finally completing and trying to reboot, the machine goes into
    “Emergency Mode” and asks that I log in as root. That fails and the machine becomes completely unresponsive.

    I tried the minimum install and got the same result.

    Hard to diagnose an unresponsive machine.

  • John Chludzinski wrote:
    Please don’t top post.

    I’ve seen things like that, but only when it can’t load a filesystem it expects to be there.

    You can’t log in as root? Did you not set a password for root during the install?

    mark

  • Try booting from a live CD to see if that gives you any info. TBH it sounds like a hardware issue.

    P.

  • Try text installation, I used to have similar problem with graphics installation.

    Mirek

    Dne 31.7.2019 v 15:32 John Chludzinski napsal(a):

  • sounds like a hardware issue.

    I concur; I’ll wager a coffee on graphics driver.

    Is it a AMD, NVIDIA, or integrated Intel (or combination of 2 or all 3)?