How to install Clear Linux without X and DE

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Hi.
Today I downloaded clear-35000-live-server.iso file in the hope I can install Clear Linux without DE, but the iso booted Clear Linux with Gnome.
How to install Clear Linux in console mode without DE?

P.S. It is actual if boot Clear Linux from ISO. My menu entry for grub2:

menuentry "Clear Linux Server Console ISO" {
    set isofile=$linux_iso"/clear-35000-live-server.iso"
    loopback loop $isofile
    linux (loop)/kernel/kernel.xz quiet console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 cryptomgr.notests init=/usr/bin/initra-desktop initcall_debug intel_iommu=igfx_off kvm-intel.nested=1 no_timer_check noreplace-smp page_alloc.shuffle=1 rcupdate.rcu_expedited=1 rootfstype=ext4,btrfs,xfs,f2fs tsc=reliable rw  rootwait
    initrd (loop)/EFI/BOOT/initrd.gz
  }

This menuentry boot Clear Linux with Gnome.
If unpack ISO on a partition then Clear Linux will boot in console mode.

How to fix this behavior for booting from the ISO file?

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I just downloaded clear-35000-live-server.iso and didn’t get a desktop when I booted and don’t see any of the desktop bundles preinstalled. But that’s using the regular bootloader. Regardless, if you don’t choose any of the desktop bundles from clr-installer a DE won’t be installed to disk.

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