Dear Gurus
Thanks for the responses. I'll summarize what I've learned trying to
install Centos6 on a Dell Optiplex GX 240
Review:
a) I decried the lack of CD images for Centos6.
b) I was informed that it's unlikely they'll be produced due to an
upstream decision.
c) I pointed out that the machine only had floppy, CD and HD boots
capability.
d) I got a suggestion to use the network method.
Results:
1) PXE boot might work, but it seems that it's a lot of trouble
setting up a PXE server. I'm still working on it.
2) The NET-INSTALL indeed did work, with the following gotchas:
2a) The URL to enter is not obvious.
2b) I tried the one at Stanford, and at uidaho, but they failed.
2c) Finally,
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6.0/os/i386 worked.
3) SInce I had only a text install, various interesting and
important programs were missing:
ssh (which apparently is masquerading under the name
"openssh-clients"), ftp and perl, which YUM got for me.
4) The module perl-Digest-MD5 was not in the repository. Was
its removal intentional, or is it hiding in some other Centos6 repository?
5) The line-by-line notation during bootstrap is no longer
shown. This makes it difficult to detect where hangups occur during
the bootstrap process. Is there a way to display those notations in real time?
Conclusion:
I'm still trying
David