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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.server -> Re: They MUST Be Kidding
tkyte_at_us.oracle.com (Thomas Kyte) wrote:
>sigh. No, you need X to install on solaris AFAIK, no character mode but you
>don't have to be on the console. I've been using freeware VNC (get it from
>http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/index.html). It allows you to do a virtual X
>Session from your browser. It (VNC) is actually pretty cool. I fire up the
>install on one machine, disconnect the GUI session, goto another machine and
>'rejoin' my XSession. I've even started an install, disconnected the gui,
>driven home, dialed up and rejoined the install to see how it finished.
Thanks, Thomas!!! I guess I misread the docs on that one (I glanced at them hurriedly before I had to run). It did seem implausible to force a console-only install (shades of NT).
I've got eXceed on my laptop (it's a bit pokey on 56K), and I'll definitely try out this VNC tool.
Chris
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