I appreciate Theresa's having confirmed that my own experience with CentOS 5.4 was typical.
One other question: How do you set up a local repository, so that you can download the ISOs and leverage your local 100MB Ethernet, when you want to do multiple installs? (using a netinstall image on the actual machine) I want to try that, and will research it, but it would be nice if someone else has already put this in place, and I can learn from the experience of others. If not, I guess I'll try to help you learn from my own experience... ;-) --Don Ellis On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Theresa Kehoe <[email protected]> wrote: > Last time I installed CentOS 5.4 in a Virtual Box, I used the > CentOS-5.4-i386-netinstall.iso image. I started the install process, > specified HTTP for the installation method option, configured TCP/IP to > default to DHCP for IPv$ and Automatic neighbor discovery for IPv6. > Then on the HTTP Setup, I specified: > > Web site name: mirrors.kernel.org > CentOS directory: centos/5.4/os/i386 > > >From there, it displays "retrieving images/stage2.img" for some time > while it downloads the rest of the install image file. > > NOTE -- when setting up options (like hostname, time zone, root > password, etc.), the default install is for Desktop - Gnome, which > worked OK. BUT ... if you select Packages from CentOS Extras, it causes > a system crash. Leave it to "Customize Later" and continue. > > After install, reboot, and you'll see an error message, Memory for crash > kernel not within permissible range. That's a known bug, no harm done, > you can ignore it. > > "Welcome" configures the firewall, SELinux, Date and Time, Create User, > Sound Card, Additional CDs. > > Post-install tweaking includes configuring sudo. To install the Virtual > Box Guest Additions, first run: > > sudo yum -y install gcc kernel-devel-`uname -r` > > Then you can mount the Virtual Box Guest Additions images, which you can > install by running: > > sudo sh VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run > > Of course, these last few are assuming you're installing it in Virtual > Box. If not, ignore those comments =) > > Theresa > > On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 07:43 -0400, Robert Citek wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I haven't played with a Red Hat-based OS in a while, so I thought I > > would try to install CentOS. My plan is to do a minimal install from > > the CD and do the rest over the net. Therefore, all I would want the > > installation process to do is partition the drives, install a base OS > > with networking and a shell, and create a root account. What do I > > need to download in order to do this? Can I download just the first > > CD or the LiveCD, or do I need to download all 6 CDs? > > > > This article suggests I do need all CDs and that I cannot install from > > the LiveCD: > > > > http://www.ghacks.net/2009/11/02/installing-centos-5-4/ > > > > Is that accurate? > > > > Regards, > > - Robert > > > > -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
