F11 install - can I change nic mac address DURING install?

[Allen Kistler]

Mike Cloaked wrote:
> Bruno Wolff III wrote:
>> You should be able to once X starts. I have done this recently in order
>> to do other things. Initially there is a graphic looking screen, but I
>> don't believe it is X based. You enter locale information and then the
>> look of the screen should change significantly. At that point you should
>> be able to get to a shell prompt.
> 
> Ahh - that may be the case but I seem to remember that you have to define
> the source for the install at an early stage and before the screen changes?
> I think that to define the network install is about the 3rd selection after
> Language and Keyboard selection. So changing to X probably happens when the
> map comes up to select the time zone?  I may tinker with this on another
> machine when I move from f11 to F12 - but it would be nice if the option to
> tinker a little more deeply with network settings was available at an early
> stage in the anaconda set of steps - I know it is an unusual need during
> install though. Mostly I don't have a need to switch MAC address from that
> on the NIC but in this case I did need to.

The initial graphical screen is the one that just says "Fedora" and has 
a "Next" button.  You can get to a shell prompt from there.

The only other thing before that is the text-based screen that asks if 
you want to do a media check.  You can switch away during language and 
keyboard ("locale") selection, too.

Anyway, I've never tried to configure the network from the command line 
in the installer, so I can't say you'll actually be able to do that 
(without getting overridden later).  But the shell is on tty2.  The GUI 
is on tty6 to get back.