How to Install CentOS 5.3

Same as the others, get into BIOS..
set it to boot from DVD/CD drive..
insert the media..

wait until this boot menu appear.
boot-menu
press enter .. it shall start and eventually shows this ..

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answering few question correctly depend on your environment..
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Depend on your hardisk size.. something like this will appear if inserted completely new hardisk..
be careful of setting up the partition and all.. as it tend to cause a lot of headache if messed up here.. 😎
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Notice the additional tick box.. Encrypt system. hehehe. this would have additional layer of data security..
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yes.. rite.. it will asked again to re-confirm..
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then.. its ready to start..

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after reboot.. first time boot up it will generate the SSH RSA keys and all.. and will have something like here

p/s : for minimal install, unselect ALL package from the Packages Option.. and it will continue to install will the minimal installation that it need to run.

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3 Responses

  1. ahstod says:

    going ubuntu? you’ll still need centos5 VM to compile centos binary and RPMs …

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  2. `narumi says:

    welcome to ubuntu world heh2..

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  3. namran says:

    Is not going ubuntu..

    the above post is due to ‘silly’ mistake of pressing ‘next’..

    next time not to trust default
    setting of distro installation playing with
    ‘real’ partition..

    managed to recover some partition with

    http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

    .. my “/home” is still missing ,though..
    collecting bit by bit at the moment..
    hahaha..

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