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1. Jacksonville computers / March 17, 2010

   I’m always searching for stuff on information that I don’t know about, even though it might be old news. It’s hard to search things that you don’t know of, because what do you search for? ;) This was the type of thing I love to read about on something new to me. Awsome read! Thanks.

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2. brian / October 29, 2010

   under heading: Setup Network Installation Web site name and CentOS directory, screen shot and instructions are wrong (at least for i386)

   In the Cent OS directory field if you add a “/” before the centos/5.5/os/i386 you’ll get an error message that reads: Error setting up mirror.centos.org//centos/5.5/os.i386

   do not add a “/” before centos, this will be handled for you.

   Brian

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   • JR / October 30, 2010

     Hi brian,

     I just tested CentOS 5.5 i386 Netinstallation and used slash / before centos/5.5/os/i386 and It worked as it should work.

     Actually you have here mirror.centos.org//centos/5.5/os.i386 one typo. It should be:
     mirror.centos.org/centos/5.5/os/i386 or mirror.centos.org//centos/5.5/os/i386
     not
     mirror.centos.org//centos/5.5/os.i386

     If you test mirror.centos.org//centos/5.5/os/i386with you browser, it works normally. It’s redirected to mirror.centos.org/centos/5.5/os/i386

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     • brian / November 2, 2010

       haha, yeah. i caught that “os.i386″ after i posted. wasn’t copy and paste, just a fat finger. none the less when i didn’t put the / in front of centos it worked just fine and when i did it failed. oh well, weird.

       thanks for testing.

       Brian

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       • brian / August 24, 2011

         when installing another copy of centOS i got the same error message as before however this time i was able to figure out why. it seems that if you fat finger the URL the error message simply puts “//” between the first and second line. such as the above error. annoying as i spent my time banging my head trying to figure out why i had 2 slashes instead of opening my eyes and realizing i had a typo. (probably more of a personal issue then an OS issue) however a notation in the instructions might be nice for idiots such as myself.

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         • JR / August 25, 2011

           Hi brian,

           Glad to hear that the problem was solved after all this time also. :D

           Btw. maybe you should check CentOS 6 Netinstall guide. URL setup is much better on CentOS 6. :)

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3. Marti / January 22, 2011

   Thank you. When I saw the image at “Select Packages for Installation” included Desktop-GNOME and Desktop-KDE, I knew I had finally found the procedure I was needing.

   Just ONE question: after rebooting from Desktop install, will the user go to CLI or GUI? Yes, I am able to type startx at the CLI. :)

   I am “comfortable” on the CLI but am NOT a Sys Admin nor Network Admin.

   Thanks again for the procedure.

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   • JR / January 22, 2011

     Hi Marti,

     Thanks for the compliments :)

     After rebooting using desktop installation user should go to GUI normally. :)

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     • Marti / January 23, 2011

       Thank you for the answer. I am anxious to try this distro “flavor” one day.

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4. Stuhrling Watches / January 22, 2011

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5. jonny rocket / January 28, 2011

   i installed “server – gui” with no gnome or kde. sweet. no bloatware.

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6. Hörwerkstatt / March 14, 2011

   Thank you very much. That saved my day.

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7. Cpierre / May 5, 2011

   Yo quiero instalar centos 5.6 i386 con netinstall, para esto ingreso:

   Web site name: mirror.centos.org
   CentOS directory: centos/5.6/os/i386

   Pero me da error, ayuda por favor

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   • derek / May 19, 2011

     intenta seleccionando desde FTP luego el sitio http://ftp.inf.utfsm.cl
     CentOS directory: centos/5.6/os/i386 y listo. A mi me funca.

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8. Kris / July 1, 2011

   Hi,
   your network installer for x64 doesn’t work,
   when you specify only IPV4 – regardless of proper fields:
   Web site name: mirror.centos.org
   CentOS directory for x86_64: centos/5.6/os/x86_64
   - or -
   CentOS directory for x86_64: /centos/5.6/os/x86_64
   - always same error, of unable to get the stage2.img.
   After enabling IPV6, works fine – VERY STRANGE.

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   • JR / July 2, 2011

     Hi,

     This sounds really strange, but nice to hear that you get it working and this info might also help someone else. Thanks!

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   • Brad / January 24, 2012

     Having the exact same error. IPV4 only and I use mirrors.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64

     it doesn’t exist….

     Try it in your web browser. the URL fails.

     “Unable to retrieve … stage2.img” is the error

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     • JR / January 24, 2012

       Hi Brad,

       Please check your url again, it’s not mirrors… it’s mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64.

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9. Tim / October 6, 2011

   This was a big help. I was able to use the Fedora livecd creator to burn the Centos netinstall.iso to my thumb drive and then boot my laptop with it. I used this howto to install Centos 5.7 and it worked like a charm. Thanks!

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10. Mike / November 24, 2011

    Thanks for the excellent blog post… It’s a great reference!

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11. Graham / January 19, 2012

    Great post – Thanks

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