CentOS for newbies!!

Spin off installation of centos distro

So before starting, check if the virtualization is enabled in your system!!

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-Go to task manager and open performance tab and check the virtualization option is enabled or not. -if not, you need to enable from the Bios setting.

  • to enter the BIOS of your system, restart it, and press esp key, [depends on system to system, check the keys a/c to your model]

  • Enter the bios setup utility and enable the virtualization.

Scratch Installation !!

  1. Insert CentOS install disk and start the computer.
  2. Select the language you'd like to use during the installation.
  3. Select the time zone.
  4. For [SOFTWARE SELECTION], it's OK to keep default because it had better to install with [Minimal Install] for initial installation. Next, click the [INSTALLATION DESTINATION] icon.
  5. Select installation disk. Click the disk icon you'd like to install and next, click [Done] button on upper left to proceed. If you'd like to customize partition layouts, check a box [I will configure partitioning] and proceed
  6. click the [NETWORK & HOSTNAME] icon.
  7. ] Input any hostname you like in [Hostname] field and click [ON] button on upper-right to enable networking.
  8. Begin installation.
  9. set username/password and root password.
  10. reboot.