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  • I have ClearOS installed on a variety of boxen, some virtual, some real. I found that a lot of old, real graphic hardware is simply not supported in graphics mode. I usually use ctrl+alt+f2 on the fully booted system in order to switch to a normal terminal/console and hack away from there. You do not really get to do much with a monitor attached, either. Setting an IP is the fanciest thing you can do on the local graphical interface.

    In one case, the installer didn't even work on the real hardware and always failed with some stupid anaconda error. I installed the system on a different box and moved the HDs over to the real server. It is a server OS, meant for headless devices. I do not care so much.