Comments on: CentOS 5.7 Netinstall – Network Installation

By: JR

JR — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:09:22 +0000

Hi Brad, Please check your url again, it's not mirrors... it's mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64.

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:27:01 +0000

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

By: Graham

Graham — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:26:20 +0000

Great post – Thanks

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:26:07 +0000

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

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VPS Admin Discussions » CentOS 5.6 Netinstall – Network Installation — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:58:42 +0000

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By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:19:07 +0000

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!

By: JR

JR — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:42:47 +0000

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. :)

By: brian

brian — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:24:33 +0000

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.

By: JR

JR — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:09:44 +0000

Hi,

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

By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:39:13 +0000

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.

By: derek

derek — Thu, 19 May 2011 17:25:17 +0000

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.

By: Cpierre

Cpierre — Thu, 05 May 2011 13:37:49 +0000

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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By: Hörwerkstatt

Hörwerkstatt — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:27:47 +0000

Thank you very much. That saved my day.

By: jonny rocket

jonny rocket — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:28:32 +0000

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

By: Marti

Marti — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:30:09 +0000

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

By: JR

JR — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:56:09 +0000

Hi Marti,

Thanks for the compliments :)

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

By: Stuhrling Watches

Stuhrling Watches — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:50:36 +0000

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By: Marti

Marti — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:09:51 +0000

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.

By: brian

brian — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 22:15:21 +0000

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