Installing CentOS

Fresh/Blank HDD Ms Windows XP

Primary

D:

E:

Logical

If you are going to dual boot CentOS and Windows, first install Windows and keep the necessary space to CentOS as un-partitioned and unformatted. Insert CentOS DVD Boot : abc (any letter to hold) Remove Linux partitions on selected drives and create default layout Encrypt System Encrypted Password/passphrase : 12345678 (minimum 8 characters) Local Security Network Review & modify partitions layout

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C : Primary D : Extended/Logical E : Extended/Logical

C:
Extended

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The following partitions will be created during automatic partitioning 1. Swap partition (virtual) To improve the performance of the OS (Virtual Memory) swap 2. Boot Partition Select Drive To keep boot files and kernel 1. hda/sda /boot and ext3 2. hdb/sdb 3. Root Partition 3. hdc/sdc To install the OS 4. hdd/sdd To install Software To keep users personal data / and ext3

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Microsoft : NTLDR CentOS/Linux : GRUB (Grand Unified Boot Loader)
Win CentOS

MBR Default Boot Loader NTLDR (Master Boot Record)

GRUB

Use a boot loader password : password Different Password (Adv n Dis) Hostname Eg: srv1.XXXXXXX.local Region Asia/Colombo UTC Universal Time Coordinator Linux : Root User Name | Microsoft : Administrator User Name Root Password : 123456 Desktop Gnome | Desktop - KDE CentOS 2590 software modules

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Additional packages to select apart to the defaults Desktop environment * KDE

Development
Base System

* Development Tools * Development Libraries

* Administration Tools * Java * System Tools * Tamil Support * Sinhala Support

Language

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Boot Sequence 1. GRUB Boot Loader 5 seconds timeout to choose the OS otherwise default OS will be loaded 2. HDD Encrypted password LUKS passphrase (Linux Unified Key System) 3. System daemons (services) Will be started 4. Setup agent wizard 1st time only 5. GDM (Gnome Display Manager GUI Login 6. Desktop Environment Gnome or KDE

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Setup Agent Wizard 1. Firewall Disable at this movement 2. Linux : SELinux (Security Enhance Linux) Controls access from Subject (Users & Software)to Objects (File & Folders) Enforcing Prevent & Report Permissive Only Reported Disable No prevent or report Microsoft : UAC (User Access Control) 3. Kdump For troubleshoot (Memory Dump, Blue Screen) Require minimum of 1GB RAM (System Memory) 4. Date and Time Network Time Protocol Require Public IP for ntp.org 5. Create User User name : your name Password : 123456

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6. Sound Card Drivers are not oriented for Brand Drivers are oriented for chipset 7. Additional CDs Extra Software Gnome KDE (Gnu Network Object Model Environment) ( K Desktop Environment) File System (Hard Disk Drive) /

Mount Points Directories or Folders

Access points to other partitions and removable media Ex : /boot - Sub mount point

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Folder Access (Read/Write) /

[home] [user1]
/home/user1

[tmp]
/tmp

KDE Desktop Loging > Sessioin > KDE > User name & Password

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