CentOS 4 or 5

download

Download CD ISOs or DVD ISO from a CentOS∞ mirror

1. Burn CD or DVD
2. Find a spare PC or Virtualisation Environment
3. BOOT from ISO
4. Answer install questions
5. Reboot PC or VM

installation tweaks

1. turn off LVM
2. turn off FireWall
3. turn off SE-LINUX
4. install X
5. dont install gnome or kde
6. dont install mail (sendmail)
7. install legacy development (compat-*)

post installation tweaks

1. yum install postfix
2. yum install xfdesktop xfce-utils
3. yum install yumex
4. yum update

post installation virtual machine tweaks

Remove the following services from your InitScript

1. smartd
2. irqbalance
3. microcode_ctl
4. cpuspeed

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