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Hello: I followed the instructions here: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.2/Installation_Guide/ch02s04s01.html to put isolinux on a usb drive. When I boot from the usb drive, the installer comes up and I can do a network install. I have to say that is very impressive! But, since I have a 4GB usb drive, I am thinking I can load the rest of the installation onto the usb drive so I do not have

Thanks for your help Sean, did all the steps you mentioned. One thing I don't understand, when partitions are created, why does Linux number it awkwardly? For example, I created 1 Primary partition of 10% disk, then created 1 Extended partition of 90% disk. Inside that extended partition, I created 3 logical partitions 33% each. It went numbering sdb1, sdb5, sdb6 and sdb7. Where's the hell

Hello, I cannot boot with GRUB and SYSLINUX from a logical partition on my USB drive. Here is the test setup: - 4GB Flash drive with the following partitions: sdb1 Primary fat32 ~ 800MB sdb2 Primary fat32 ~ 800MB sbd3 Primary fat32 ~ 800MB sdb4 Extended partition sdb5 Logical partition ~ 800MB sdb6 Logical partition ~ 600MB - Grub files were copied to /dev/sdb1/boot/grub (Stage

Looks the only way now to grab a DVD is by torrent. What is the yum install XXXX name to get it on the machine? I have downloaded the torrent file, but what do I execute to grab the DVD? Thanks, great effort CentOS Team. Jerry

Want to install CentOS 5.5 by burning the image on DVD. On the link: http://mirrors.hns.net.in/centos/5.5/isos/x86_64/, there is a list given. CentOS-5.5-x86 64-bin-DVD.torrent is in the list. So is the download of the .iso possible only through torrent? There is CentOS-5.5-x86 64-netinstall.iso Is this also an .iso which one can download to install CentOS5.5? -------------- next part

  Hi All,   I am Rajeev. I have download centOS 5.1 i386 files for installing Linux. I tried my ways but my DVD is not getting recognised while booting. I have windows XP SP2 32-bit. Let me know the files that need to be burned for installing centOS 5.1 i386.   Queries : 1. Whether I need to burn the files in CD or DVD? 2. I have download 9 iso files, 3 torrent

Dear, New Xenoppix is released. http://unit.aist.go.jp/itri/knoppix/xen/index-en.html It has new fueature (Xenoppix-terminal-server and install2win). It bases on KNOPPIX 4.0.2 DVD or CD. (The size of Xenoppix is sitll over 700MB, please burn a DVD-ROM.) New feature (Experimental) *Act as a terminal server. Xenoppix can be a Terminal Server and boots clinet PC with PXE network

Hi, I'm adding support to resizing logical partitions(patch is in progess). But encounter an error when adding a logical partition in dest image: virt-resize: libguestfs error: part_add: parted: /dev/sdb: Warning: The resulting partition is not properly aligned for best performance. Error: Error informing the kernel about modifications to partition /dev/sdb5 -- Device or resource busy.

How can I install a dual boot centos in my laptop while my windows has UEFI partition? -- With The Best H.Lanjanian ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Hossein Lanjanian, Ph.D. student Laboratory of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics (LBB) Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB), University of Tehran Tehran, Iran http://LBB.ut.ac.ir

I just download CENTOS 5.4 DVD ISO X86_64 version from internet. I tried to install it on DELL server and get following error message before RPM start install: parted_1.8.1-23.els.x86_64.rpm can NOT open anyone know why? Should I download it again from any good site? If I install CENTOS 5.3 and use yum update, will it go to CENTOS 5.4? Thanks.

Good day, Downloaded centos 5.6 live cd from... http://mirror.nexcess.net/CentOS/5.6/isos/x86_64/CentOS-5.6-x86_64-LiveCD.iso it is dated 06-04-2011. No option to install on hard disk. Have I missed it somehow? Please some advice. Maybe the address if an installable cd iso please. Thanks Johan

I''ve been monitoring the lists for a while now but didn''t see this problem mentioned in particular: I''ve got a fairly standard desktop system at home, 700gb WD drive, nothing special, with 2 btrfs filesystems and some snapshots. The system runs for days, and I''ve noticed unusual disk activity the other evening - turns out that it''s taking forever to

greetings, a previous install and updated centos 6.4 from dvd 1 x86_64 got trashed. not sure of cause. no big deal. install practice never hurts. :-) now, installation is: CentOS-6.4-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso installed as; CentOS (2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64) - root (hd1,2) SL-63-i386-2012-08-24-LiveCD.iso installed and updated as; Scientific Linux (2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.i686) - root (hd1,5) /dev/sdb5

I love Centos. Have in on my data centre servers, my home servers, my laptop and my netbook. Yes there are serious and continuing security concerns relating to Gnome and KDE but they are not Centos. Currently running 5.6 and would like a two set DVD of that version. However none of the mirrors offer pure DVDs only Torrent versions which involve the possibility of bits being tampered with and

I admit I wasn't following the screaming and yelling about 5.4, so excuse me if this has been answered.... My boss tells me he wants me to start rolling out 5.4. I want to d/l & burn a DVD... but when I looked at a number of mirrors, the .iso is from 1 Oct, while the CD .iso's are from the 14th... yet 5.4 was officially announced the other day. Am I missing something, or do the

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS-5.7 for i386 and x86_64 Architectures. CentOS-5.7 is based on the upstream release EL 5.7 and includes packages from all variants including Server and Client. All upstream repositories have been combined into one, to make it easier for end users to work with. This is just an

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS-5.7 for i386 and x86_64 Architectures. CentOS-5.7 is based on the upstream release EL 5.7 and includes packages from all variants including Server and Client. All upstream repositories have been combined into one, to make it easier for end users to work with. This is just an

I want to backup my current CentOS-7.2 system to another drive. Is it safe to copy the system while it is running? Eg by mount /dev/sdb5 /mnt rsync -HPaxvz /. /mnt/ I've found contradictory advice on the web. -- Timothy Murphy gayleard /at/ eircom.net School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin

Well, there's so few going right now that I'm showing 38 days to get the DVD. My normal dnld from a mirror travels appx. 600Mb/sec. I'll wait until most of the U.S. goes home before I give up and use the normal download though. Here's hoping... -- Bill