CentOS - Sep 2011 - disk partitioning: 6.0 install to harddrive using liveCD

Greetings:

I'm planning to set up a test Centos 6.0 box (has CDROM, but no
DVD) with these partions:

  /             10GB     ( no separate mount for /usr )
  /tmp           1GB
  /var          10GB
  /boot        500MB

The centos mirrors I have seen do not provide the full distro on
CD (this box has no DVD).  I'm used to having about 6 CD isos to work with.

The livecd install to hard drive works, but apparently does not
support custom partitioning (correct me if I'm wrong). 

What do you suggest I do to get the partitioning I want?

I'm leaning towards: booting into single user mode, back up /var
to tar file, delete /var, create a new partion for /var and /tmp,
update /etc/fstab, mount /var and /tmp, restore /var from tar
backup.  Is the best way?  I have no investment in the current
install, so I can start from scratch.

--
thanks/regards,
Tom

On Sep 22, 2011, at 7:14 AM, centos at trodman.com wrote:
> Greetings:
> 
> I'm planning to set up a test Centos 6.0 box (has CDROM, but no
> DVD) with these partions:
> 
>  /             10GB     ( no separate mount for /usr )
>  /tmp           1GB
>  /var          10GB
>  /boot        500MB
> 
> The centos mirrors I have seen do not provide the full distro on
> CD (this box has no DVD).  I'm used to having about 6 CD isos to work
with.
> 
> The livecd install to hard drive works, but apparently does not
> support custom partitioning (correct me if I'm wrong). 
> 
> What do you suggest I do to get the partitioning I want?
> 
> I'm leaning towards: booting into single user mode, back up /var
> to tar file, delete /var, create a new partion for /var and /tmp,
> update /etc/fstab, mount /var and /tmp, restore /var from tar
> backup.  Is the best way?  I have no investment in the current
> install, so I can start from scratch.
----
I believe you are correct about live cd - it probably just does a wholesale copy
from the CD onto the already partitioned hard drive so that provides no
opportunity to partition.

Previous versions of CentOS used to offer CD series for installation but even if
this is not the case (I'm too lazy to look) then you still have the option
of doing the 'netinstall' version where you boot from a cd but anaconda
& the packages are installed from a mirror or you can use the DVD image to
burn to a 4Gb USB Flash drive (if your system can boot from USB disk).

Craig

Tom,

Not sure if you are interested, but I use KOAN/Cobbler alot.  Its maybe 
more involved than what you request here (meaning to setup Cobbler), but I 
believe once you get through all the setup you'll be happy :)  Cobbler 
will even go so far as to generate an ISO that has all your system 
definitions in it - you can then burn that to a CD.  Insert the CD into 
the machine, boot, select the system you wish to install and it will 
install to that system for you...  Works with CentOS and Fedora...

My whole network (albeit my home network) is set up this way...


Flossy


On Thu, 22 Sep 2011, centos at trodman.com wrote:
> Greetings:
>
> I'm planning to set up a test Centos 6.0 box (has CDROM, but no
> DVD) with these partions:
>
>  /             10GB     ( no separate mount for /usr )
>  /tmp           1GB
>  /var          10GB
>  /boot        500MB
>
> The centos mirrors I have seen do not provide the full distro on
> CD (this box has no DVD).  I'm used to having about 6 CD isos to work
with.
>
> The livecd install to hard drive works, but apparently does not
> support custom partitioning (correct me if I'm wrong).
>
> What do you suggest I do to get the partitioning I want?
>
> I'm leaning towards: booting into single user mode, back up /var
> to tar file, delete /var, create a new partion for /var and /tmp,
> update /etc/fstab, mount /var and /tmp, restore /var from tar
> backup.  Is the best way?  I have no investment in the current
> install, so I can start from scratch.
>
> --
> thanks/regards,
> Tom
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From: "centos at trodman.com" <centos at trodman.com>
> I'm planning to set up a test Centos 6.0 box (has CDROM, but no
> DVD) with these partions:
Why not use the netinstall or minimal CDs...?

JD