Hi Paul, > It would be good to know whether you are testing CentOS Sream 8 or 9.
I am testing CentOS 8 stream. Find my personal installation notes below. > I am not able to install CentOS Stream 9 in VirtualBox and get the > guest additions to work so I can mount a shared partition. Half the > time it freezes halfway through the install, and if it does go through > the guest additions fail to compile their kernel modules (mismatched > Linux kernel headers). I never install the VirtualBox guest additions. The downside is that sharing data is less comfortable (I use 'scp' each time), and that the mouse handling is a bit more annoying. Bruno ========================= CentOS 8 in VirtualBox ====================== Use CentOS 8 stream 2022-10-05 from https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/centos/8-stream/isos/x86_64/ Disk size: 15 GB. The installation menu is in a stupid order: Can only enable NTP servers after networking is enabled! Therefore do things in this order: Installation Destination: Storage Configuration: Custom Standard Partition 14 GiB (14336 MiB) / ext4 Standard Partition 1 GiB (1024 MiB) swap KDump: Disable kdump. Network & host name: Enable networking. Ethernet config: General > Enable "Connect automatically". Host name: centos8s Time & Date: Set time zone. Disable then Enable "Network Time". Installation Source: On the network, https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/centos/8-stream/BaseOS/x86_64/os/ URL type: repository URL Deselect AppStream. Select AppStream. Software selection: Base Environment: Workstation Add-ons: Development Tools, Graphical Administration Tools Root password: login: root password: ******** Press "Done" twice. User settings: login: ******** password: ******** Select "Make this user administrator". Press "Done". Click "Begin installation". Wait for the installation to complete. Power off. Eject CD. Welcome wizard: Privacy: Location services: off. Popup menu > Settings > Privacy > Screen Lock Automatic screen lock = Off Popup menu > Settings > Power > Power Saving Blank screen = Never Power Off. Reboot. Activities > Software > Updates: Refresh. -> Up to date. Activities > Software Search: GNU Emacs, install Search: gVim, install $ dnf list # Not needed: #$ sudo dnf install make #$ sudo dnf install gcc #$ sudo dnf install gcc-c++ Power Off.