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Just installed 7.7 community a number of times.

Installing without a mouse using tab to advance the focus is unnecessarily difficult because the on-screen focus indicators are difficult to see due to lack of contrasting colors and very fine lines - quite difficult to see when the 3D buttons had focus...but yes its do-able in the end if you do a std install.... and squint a lot.

However.... trying to manually configure partitions had me wanting to throw the keyboard through the window. Seemingly illogical changes in focus advanced with tab or space or enter had me mashing the keys in frustration. At various times I'd lose the focus indicator entirely and then have to cycle through the screen hitting tab watching a field on the screen just to *find* the focus indicator again... I'm sure I also encountered a few times when it seemed like nothing had focus at all and I had to exit the partition manager screen to the main menu and re-enter and start again.

In the end I gave up.... walked back to the office and grabbed a USB mouse and completed the install easily. Satan surely had a mouse when he designed that screen.
Wednesday, June 10 2020, 01:20 PM
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    Thursday, June 11 2020, 01:25 PM - #Permalink
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    A serial install should be possible but I don't have the kit to test.
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    Thursday, June 11 2020, 01:18 PM - #Permalink
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    OK thanks Nick - hopefully it will help someone...
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    Thursday, June 11 2020, 12:23 PM - #Permalink
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    From your input, I've added to the docs here. (Formatting is a bit off because of the graphic on the right which I don't know how to fix)

    @Tony, both "linux text" and "inst.text" seem to work but I chose inst.text as that is what most of the references I found contained. Thanks for the pointers
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    Thursday, June 11 2020, 08:38 AM - #Permalink
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    No big banner advertising that option :( - nor this one :D Install in Graphical Mode using Windows and VNC!
    Have not tried it yet - should work unless ClearOS removed some of the required code, plus your NIC should be supported natively...
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    Thursday, June 11 2020, 08:15 AM - #Permalink
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    There's a text mode install?


    aarrgggg... just found your previous post https://www.clearos.com/clearfoundation/social/community/installation-for-blind-or-visually-impaired-without-sighted-assistance#reply-186631

    not exactly obvious when you just download the ISO and bung it on a USB once every 5-10 years.

    ...or did I miss a billboard sized sign at the very start of the install pointing to a text mode alternative? (I don't think I did).

    I can't convey how much my blood was boiling as I was fighting that install. :D
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    Wednesday, June 10 2020, 03:10 PM - #Permalink
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    Under those circumstances I use the text mode install... Also usefull if your screen has limited resolution.
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