hey guys, sorry it took so long to get back to you. But I was finally able to do this. To recap: >Are you absolutely sure the install hangs forever? How long is forever? I have noticed too that at the end of the >installation, the system seems hung for quite some time on this package (or whatever postinstall script is running at >the end). I have had times when the system seemed hung but after giving it a lot more time it would eventually >complete. Well to give you a better idea of how I was defining "forever", I attempted to do this over a few days. So I would load up centos 6.2 or 6.3 to the point I would get to the SE Linux component. And then I would go out for lunch, do some errands and come back to it 4 or 5 hours later. That to me would constitute a 'forever'. :) >Rip all the RPM files from the DVD. Then share that directory on NFS >and install from that. Leave out the problematic RPMs from the directory. Tried that too.. ultimately the install complained about selinux-policy-targeted not being there and would refuse to proceed. So, back to the drawing board. >Tim didn't detail the amount of RAM he had (to the best of my recollection) but my machine of that same age has >4GB, so RAM wasn't an issue here, at least not for the selinux piece. To answer this question - 8 GB :) >Have you tried using the minimal install iso? It will fit on a CD. Bingo! That was it. Thank you list! You guys rock. Always appreciate your advice. Best, Tim On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Stephen Harris <lists at spuddy.org> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 02:04:40PM -0400, Lamar Owen wrote: > > On Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:16:23 AM Lars Hecking wrote: > > > The problem with the selinux rpms is that they need copious amounts > of RAM > > > during installation. From my experience, a minimum of 0.75 to 1GB. > > > But that's a good data point, and really should be addressed as part of > the system requirements for upstream.... actually, 1GB is the recommended > minimum RAM on a 32 bit system by upstream. > > Would a minimal kickstart file do? This is mine, which I use to build > small VMS (4Gb disk, 512Mb RAM) > > install > url --url http://repo/CentOS/DVD/CentOS-6 > text > reboot > > lang en_US.UTF-8 > keyboard us > > network --onboot yes --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp --ipv6 auto > > rootpw --iscrypted yeahyeahyeah > authconfig --enableshadow --passalgo=sha512 > > firewall --disabled > selinux --disabled > > timezone --utc America/New_York > > zerombr yes > clearpart --all --initlabel > part /boot --fstype=ext4 --asprimary --size=100 > part swap --asprimary --size=512 > part / --fstype=ext4 --asprimary --grow --size=1 > bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=vda --append=" crashkernel=auto > quiet" > > repo --name="CentOS" --baseurl=http://repo/CentOS/DVD/CentOS-6--cost=100 > repo --name="Updates" --baseurl= > http://repo/CentOS/updates/centos6/x86_64 --cost=500 > > %packages --nobase > @core > yum > openssh-server > openssh-clients > ksh > dos2unix > ntp-perl > logwatch > wget > acpid > yum-plugin-priorities > bind-utils > -checkpolicy > -policycoreutils > -selinux-policy > -selinux-policy-targeted > -efibootmgr > -kernel-firmware > -aic94xx-firmware > -atmel-firmware > -b43-openfwwf > -bfa-firmware > -ipw2100-firmware > -ipw2200-firmware > -ivtv-firmware > -iwl100-firmware > -iwl1000-firmware > -iwl3945-firmware > -iwl4965-firmware > -iwl5000-firmware > -iwl5150-firmware > -iwl6000-firmware > -iwl6000g2a-firmware > -iwl6000g2b-firmware > -iwl6050-firmware > -libertas-usb8388-firmware > -netxen-firmware > -ql2100-firmware > -ql2200-firmware > -ql23xx-firmware > -ql2400-firmware > -ql2500-firmware > -rt61pci-firmware > -rt73usb-firmware > -xorg-x11-drv-ati-firmware > -zd1211-firmware > > %post > %end > > -- > > rgds > Stephen > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- GPG me!! gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B