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Downgrade from Desktop to Server Core

Posted: 2014/02/27 03:55:46
by bislinkscom
How do I downgrade from Desktop to Server Core without losing any data?

Appreciate any help....

I am running 6.5...

Re: Downgrade from Desktop to Server Core

Posted: 2014/02/27 05:28:07
by gerald_clark
Just edit /etc/inittab and change the runlevel from 5 to 3.

Re: Downgrade from Desktop to Server Core

Posted: 2014/02/27 17:56:49
by bislinkscom
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.

Re: Downgrade from Desktop to Server Core

Posted: 2014/02/27 18:18:43
by TrevorH
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!

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yum remove xorg\* gnome\* kde\* 
That may not be complete but it should be a good start.

Re: Downgrade from Desktop to Server Core

Posted: 2014/02/27 18:48:21
by bislinkscom
For now, I will stick with just changing the run level to 3.