CentOS 5.11 Netinstall – Network Installation - Comment Page: 1
CentOS 7 is released, check CentOS 7.1 Netinstall guide.
CentOS 6 is released, check CentOS 6.7 Netinstall guide.
If the purpose is to upgrade from an older version of CentOS to CentOS 5.11 then read following guide: Upgrade to CentOS 5.11 From 5.10 (5.9, 5.8, 5.7, 5.6, 5.5, 5.4, 5.3, 5.2, 5.1, 5.0) guide
This is CentOS (The Community ENTerprise Operating System) 5.11 Linux Network installation (NetInstall) step-by-step walkthrough with screenshots.
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Install CentOS 5.11 with NetInstall method
1. Download CentOS 5.11 Net Install (NetInstall) Image
Select mirror here:
i386 version
x86_64 version
Select ISO...
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Thanks man…it helped me a lot for my college lab..
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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
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
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
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.
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. :)
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.
Hi Marti,
Thanks for the compliments :)
After rebooting using desktop installation user should go to GUI normally. :)
Thank you for the answer. I am anxious to try this distro “flavor” one day.
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i installed “server – gui” with no gnome or kde. sweet. no bloatware.
Thank you very much. That saved my day.
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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
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.
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.
Hi,
This sounds really strange, but nice to hear that you get it working and this info might also help someone else. Thanks!
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
Hi Brad,
Please check your url again, it’s not mirrors… it’s mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64.
the same error, it wants stage2.img
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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