[CentOS] Installing from CD

David Lemcoe forum at lemcoe.com
Mon Jul 11 22:48:11 UTC 2011


I have an old server I just put 6.0 on (about 2 hours ago) and it only has
CD drive. a netinstall CD works just fine. If you have a decent network
connection, some time on your hands, or you want a minimal installation,
that's the way to go.

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Denniston, Todd A CIV NAVSURFWARCENDIV
Crane <todd.denniston at navy.mil> wrote:

>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
> > Behalf Of david
> > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 17:13
> > To: CentOS mailing list
> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Installing from CD
> >
> > At 02:10 PM 7/11/2011, you wrote:
> > >david wrote:
> > > > Folks
> > > >
> > > > The machine I'm trying to load does not have a DVD reader, but
> only
> > a
> > > > CD reader.
> > > >
> > > > Are the multiple CD images of CENTOS 6 available somewhere?
> > Earlier
> > > > versions had them.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > David
> > > >
> > >As far as I know, this was not planed, at least not yet. For now, all
> > >you can do is to use USB DVD and install from those.
> > >
> > >Ljubomir
> >
> >
> > I wish I could, but this machine can boot only from a CD, a diskette
> > or a HardDrive.  USB is not an option.
> >
> Boot with boot.iso
> http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Instal
> lation_Guide/Making_Minimal_Boot_Media.html
>
> But you will have to find some way to get the rest of the install to the
> machine, such as
> A local hard, USB
> http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Instal
> lation_Guide/s1-begininstall-hd-x86.html
> NFS
> http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Instal
> lation_Guide/s1-begininstall-nfs-x86.html
> HTTP
> ...
> http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Instal
> lation_Guide/s1-installationmethod-x86.html
>
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