[CentOS-devel] CentOS7 minimal install ISO

Sat Jul 19 08:27:33 UTC 2014
Fabian Arrotin <fabian.arrotin at arrfab.net>

On 19/07/14 04:23, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
> On 07/18/2014 11:38 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
>> On 07/17/2014 09:52 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On 07/15/2014 02:02 PM, Fabian Arrotin wrote:
>>>> I've started from scratch a list on my side (feel free to compare with
>>>> the previous ones used/sent to the list) and I attach it to that mail
>>>> (see minimal.list)
>>> I've just done a build with the added packages to match the manifest
>>> here ( 12 rpms added ).
>>>
>>> Build is now on buildlogs.centos.org/centos/7/isos/ and has sha256sum:
>>>
>>> 04e99a4f1a013b95a7ebc9a90ffa9ac64d28eb9872bc193fbd7c581ec9b6a360
>>> CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-Minimal.iso
>>>
>>> please test, this build should be considered as a RC
>>>
>>> - KB
>>>
>>
>> IPv4 install works fine for me.  It installs, boots, I can set up all
>> the options I normally need.  XFS as the default file systems for / and
>> /boot, LVM works.  Found wireless and wired NICs on several machines.
>> CentOS-Base.repo works, updates install, etc.
>>
>> Looks release ready to me.
>>
>> Would be nice to get more feedback, especially for other than standard
>> installs (IPv6, encrypted disk, etc.)
> I've done two tests in VirtualBox:
> 
> 1. First I tried to do an install  in EFI mode but the install process 
> crashed . First I got the message displayed at 
> http://wdl.lug.ro/shot0001.png and after a few seconds ( screen went 
> completely blank ) the VM crashed.

I've just done an install in (U)EFI mode (in VirtualBox, on my CentOS 7
laptop) and it works fine.
Just curious : which VirtualBox version (using 4.3.12 here)

> 2.  Second I did a non-EFI install, using an encrypted filesystem. 
> Everything went smoothly, no problems at all. 
> http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=7293 did not manifest, as soon as the 
> VM booted I was properly prompted for the password.
> 
> Worth mentioning maybe that if I enable EFI in the VM settings of the VM 
> installed during the second test, it boots and lands in the UEFI 
> interactive shell, only in the presence of the installer iso does it crash.
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