How do I downgrade from Desktop to Server Core without losing any data?
Appreciate any help....
I am running 6.5...
Downgrade from Desktop to Server Core
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Re: Downgrade from Desktop to Server Core
Just edit /etc/inittab and change the runlevel from 5 to 3.
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Re: Downgrade from Desktop to Server Core
Does that uninstall the Desktop or just stop loading the Desktop?
My purpose here is to save memory by uninstalling Desktop or whatever means...
If it does save memory and if I can avoid loading all those Desktop libraries....that is what I want.
My purpose here is to save memory by uninstalling Desktop or whatever means...
If it does save memory and if I can avoid loading all those Desktop libraries....that is what I want.
Re: Downgrade from Desktop to Server Core
It just stops it from loading but that saves memory. The GUI will still be installed and using hard disk space but that's usually cheap and plentiful. If you really want to uninstall the packages then perhaps run the following but do not reply Y to the prompt until you have fully read the list of packages that will be uninstalled and verified that none of them are critical to your work!
That may not be complete but it should be a good start.
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yum remove xorg\* gnome\* kde\*
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke
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Re: Downgrade from Desktop to Server Core
For now, I will stick with just changing the run level to 3.