Aaron Seelye wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new to the linux world (long time FreeBSD user), and I'm wondering > if there's an easy way to install CentOS 5 without the GUI and > unnecessary services? I see there's a server cd for CentOS 4, but I > didnt see anything like that for CentOS 5. Am I looking in the wrong > places, or is it just necessary to manually select the minimal set of > packages? Firstly, I want to clear up this misconception that people have that the ServerCD is a minimal install. Well, its not. Its a typical Server install, which is - trust me - very far from being a minimal install. Secondly, the best way to do a minimal install is to just get the netinstall iso from the 5.1/isos/ directory, run a normal graphical install, and deselect all options from the 'Tasks to install' screen, select customise now option, then deselect everything from the next screen as well. It should give you a minimal install, with just enough packages to have a booting system, network and a functional sshd server. Once installed, you can then carry on adding packages with yum. Finally, I believe this is FAQ number 1, check wiki.centos.org's FAQ section for CentOS-5 -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq