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Goal:
Install
CentOS 5 from DVD with the following specifications (requirements):
Hardware
specification:
1GB RAM
20GB
harddisk
File
System Specification:
/boot
256MB ext3
/swap
1GB
/ the
rest of the available space
Update
the packages to the latest level.
Assumption:
- You
have CentOS 5 DVD available
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Installation Process:
1. Boot From DVD.
Put
CentOS 5 DVD into DVD drive then reboot the machine. You may have to change the
boot
sequence
so it will boot from DVD.
In my
system, I have to press 'F2' when the system is booting. You may have a
different key
to
enter.
2. Grub Menu.
After
the machine reboot from DVD, you will be greeted by Grub Menu:
Press
<ENTER> to continue.
3. CD Found Dialog.
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The
system found the DVD and asking whether we want to test the media.
Since I
know the media is good then I will skip this offer.
Click
<Skip> to continue.
4. CentOS Welcome Dialog.
We are
ready to start with the installation of CentOS 5.
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Click
<Next> to continue.
5. Select Language.
Select
the language to <English> and click <Next> to continue.
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6. Select Keyboard Type.
Select
keyboard to <U.S. English> and click <Next> to continue.
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7. Disk Drive Warning.
Since
the disk is new so there will be a warning whether we want to initialize and
install in this
disk.
Click <Yes> to continue.
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8. New Partition Dialog.
Select
'Remove all partitions on selected drives and create default layouts' and also
check
'Review
and modify partitioning layout' since we want to specify our own file system
settings.
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Click
<Next> to continue.
9. Warning Remove All Partitions Dialog.
Because
this is a new system so we should not be bothered with this warning.
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Click
<Yes> to continue.
10. Partition Specification Dialog.
Set the
partition table as follows:
- /boot
256MB
- /swap
1024MB
- / the
rest of the available space
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Note:
The changes in the '/boot' partition didn't show up in the 'screen capture'.
11. GRUB Boot Loader dialog.
There
will be no changes needed since we will install GRUB boot loader in the first
disk,
'/dev/sda'.
If you have IDE disk, you may have '/dev/hda' instead.
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Click
<Next> to continue.
12. Network Device Dialog.
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Select
'DHCP' and set the hostname to 'centos5svr' then click <Next> to
continue.
13. Timezone Dialog.
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Select
<Asia/Jakarta> and click <Next> to continue.
14. Root Password Dialog.
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Enter
the root password and click <Next> to continue.
15. Package Selection Dialog.
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We will
use the default package selections so there is no changes which need to be
done.
Click
<Next> to continue.
16. Ready For Installation Dialog.
OK, we
ready to install CentOS 5. Wish me luck ;-). Click <Next> to continue.
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17. The Installation Dialog.
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Wait
until the installation finish.
18. Reboot Dialog.
The
installation has been completed and we are ready for our first reboot. Click
<Reboot> to
continue.
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19. Firstboot.
After
the reboot completed, we have couple of stuffs which need to be configured.
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Press
<Forward> to continue.
20. Enable Firewall.
We will
enable firewall and select couple of services to be enabled.
Check
on
- FTP
- SSH
- Samba
-
Secure WWW (HTTPS)
- WWW
(HTTP).
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Note:
WWW (HTTP) setting didn't show up in the screen capture.
Click
<Forward> to continue.
There
will be a firewall warning dialog. Just "ignore" it and click
<Yes> to continue.
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21. SELinux Dialog.
We will
disable SELinux for now and click <Forward> to continue.
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There
will be an SELinux warning dialog which basically tell us to reboot the system
in order
the new
setting to take effect.
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22. Date And Time Setting.
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Use
default setting and click <Forward> to continue.
23. Create The First Regular Userid.
We will
create the first regular userid in the system. Fill out all the fields and
click <Forward> to
continue.
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24. Sound Card Dialog.
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Use the
default settings and click <Forward> to continue.
25. Additional CD Dialog.
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We will
not install other packages. Click <Forward> to continue.
26. Reboot Dialog.
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We have
to reboot the machine again ;-). Click <OK> to reboot the system.
27. First Login.
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After
the reboot completed, we will be greeted by login prompt. Login as a regular
user
(adiguna).
28. CentOS Gnome Desktop Environment.
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Whohoo,
finally I get into my first CentOS 5 desktop environment ;-).
29. Install Yum Plugin.
We will
install yum plugin, 'yum-fastestmirror', package so next time when we install a
package
from
yum repositories, we will be connected to the fastest yum mirror repositories
available.
This
machine is connected to the Internet so we can access CentOS repositories and
use yum
command
to install the plugin.
First,
right click in the desktop and open the terminal window and then 'su' to root.
Install
'yum-fastestmirror' package.
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30. Check Whether The Package Has Been Installed Properly.
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31. Update To The Latest Level.
As
stated in the goal that we will update the system to the latest level of CentOS
5 as of
"now".
In
order to do that, we will run 'yum update' command.
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32. Verify Whether No More Updates Available.
In
order to make sure that we are in the latest level, we will run 'yum list
updates'
command.
If
there is no output then we are 'up-to-date'.
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33. Done.
We have
successfully install CentOS 5 from DVD and update the system to the latest
level.
Now, we
are ready to use the system to do our work ;-).
Conclusion:
Install
CentOS 5 from DVD can be done relatively quick and easy. After we finish with
the base
operating
system and yum plugin (fastestmirror) installation then we update the system
into the
latest level so the system
is an up-to-date and ready to be used for the next iteration.
