hello john,
On 10/01/2013 02:20 AM, John R Pierce wrote:
On 9/30/2013 11:49 PM, g wrote:
1st, i would not consider a net install unless i was protected by going thru a good firewall server.
a DHCP/PXE server isnt going to reply to internet queries, and your TFTP server should be restricted to local addresses only, this pretty much secures a netinstall. the rest? I use a http server with a copy of the OS mirror, who cares if the internet can see it?
as for 'no CD in drive', possible reason is something is being picked off cd and drive is slow waking up and install is not allowing enough time.
indeed, the 'minimal' install ISO is hardly any bigger than the netinstall ISO, and is less hassle... after doing the minimal install, you can `yum groupinstall` anything else you need. The only time I use netinstall is when I'm doing a full jumpstart/kickstart style install via PXE.
thanks for your reply to my post.
5 things that i am aware of;
1 - DHCP - aware of, know a little about.
2 - PXE - aware of, know a little about.
3 - netinstall - aware of, never used, never read about.
4 - loving linux from day 1 with slackware and stack of disk.
5 - retired - no longer need to worry about 1, 2, 3, as i now install only my own and friends personal systems and glad of it. ((GBWG))
this past weekend, i pulled centos so i can get out from under what i am currently using.
ran a default install, which has been a pita to set up because default is gnome, which i do not really care for.
from all that i have had to go thru trying to get kde going, it looks like i will try again to see if centos will install kde instead of gnome.
if not, i hope you and some of the other more serious posters on this list can/will pull me thru.
thanks again.
later.