- Install And Configure PXE Server On CentOS 6.5 Setting up PXE Server can be very handy while installing large number of systems, and it just enables a System Administrator to install the client systems from a centralized PXE server without the need of CD/DVD or any USB thumb drives.
- For a basic installation you only need to download DVD 1 image file named CentOS-6.5-x8664-bin-DVD1.iso. There are also images for a minimal installation, network installation and a Live CD/DVD version.
- CentOS is a Community ENTerprise Operating System and it is a Linux distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). If you’re looking for fresh CentOS 6.5 installation, then download the.iso images from the links provided below, burn the ISO to a CD and boot it and follow the installation instructions with screenshots mentioned below.
For example, CentOS 6.5 is built from the source packages of RHEL 6 update 5 (also known as RHEL version 6.5), which is a so-called 'point release' of RHEL 6. 25 Starting with version 7.0, CentOS version numbers also include a third part that indicates the monthstamp of the source code the release is based on. Karanbir Singh has announced the release of CentOS 6.5, the latest stable build of the enterprise-class Linux distribution compiled from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 source code: 'We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS 6.5. CentOS 6.5 is based on the upstream release EL 6.5 and includes packages from all variants.
| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0006884 | CentOS-6 | -OTHER | public | 2014-01-07 13:32 | 2014-05-20 11:43 |
| Reporter | IDMS-andreas.schiermeier | ||||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | assigned | Resolution | open | ||
| Platform | IBM x3650 M4 | OS | CentOS | OS Version | 6.5 |
| Product Version | 6.5 | ||||
| Target Version | Fixed in Version | ||||
| Summary | 0006884: UEFI boot of CentOS-6.5-x86_64-minimal.iso (& CentOS-6.5-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso) doesn't work | ||||
| Description | Booting an IBM x3650 M4 server using its IMM (Integrated Management Module) Virtual Media, loaded with CentOS-6.5-x86_64-minimal.iso (or CentOS-6.5-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso) in UEFI mode fails. Instead of starting Anacoda, a grub prompt ('grub>') shows up. Entering 'kernel /images/pxeboot/vmlinuz' at the prompt leads to the error '18 : Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS'. | ||||
| Steps To Reproduce | -Load & connect IMM Virtual Media with CentOS-6.5-x86_64-minimal.iso -Configure Server Firmware to boot using UEFI (System Settings, Legacy Support, BBS Boot: Disable). -Boot from (virtual) CD/DVD-drive I'm not able to try a physical disk & drive. | ||||
| Additional Information | -UEFI boot from IMM Virtual Media basically works (tried with grml64-full_2013.09.iso and CentOS-6.4-x86_64-minimal.iso). -A re-created image (centos65.iso) using… mkdir CentOS-6.5-x86_64-minimal.iso.d mount -oloop CentOS-6.5-x86_64-minimal.iso CentOS-6.5-x86_64-minimal.iso.d cd CentOS-6.5-x86_64-minimal.iso.d xorriso -as mkisofs -U -A centos65 -V centos65 -volset centos65 -J -joliet-long -r -v -T -x ./lost+found -o ../centos65.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -eltorito-alt-boot -e images/efiboot.img -no-emul-boot . …works. Command inspired by: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Pjones/BootableCDsForBIOSAndUEFI#New_UEFI.2FBIOS_hybrid_method -'dumpet -i centos65.iso' output attached. -Used xorriso version 1.2.2 on OpenSuSE 12.3. What exact command is used to create the official CentOS ISOs? -Interesting observation: ark (KDE archive tool) displays a filesize of 0 bytes for images/pxeboot/vmlinuz in CentOS-6.5-x86_64-minimal.iso instead of 3,9 MiB in centos65.iso (please see attached screenshots). In loopback-mounted CentOS-6.5-x86_64-minimal.iso: ls -l images/pxeboot/vmlinuz -r-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4128368 29. Nov 13:04 images/pxeboot/vmlinuz | ||||
I wrote a new tutorial for CentOS 7, you can find it here:
1. Requirements
To install a CentOS server you will need the following:
Download the CentOS 6.5 DVD 1 from a mirror next to you.The list of mirrors can be found here:
For a basic installation you only need to download DVD 1 image filenamed CentOS-6.5-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso.
There are also images for a minimal installation, network installationand a Live CD/DVD version.
2. Preliminary Note
Before to start I just want to warn you that this is a practical guidewithout any warranty, it was written with the purpose to help systemadministrators, so I won't explain technical details neither the theorybehind of them.
For the purpose of this tutorial I created a Virtual Machine with VirtualBox,this means that your hardware it might differs significantly, includingthe hard disk drives and the network cards.
In this tutorial I will use the hostname server.example.comwith the IP address 192.168.0.100 and the gateway 192.168.0.1, alsothese settings might differ for you, so you have to replace themwhere appropriate.
3. Install the Operating System
Boot from the first CentOS 6.5 DVD 1 and selectInstall or upgrade an existing system
I usually skip the installation media test, if it’s broken it’ll let me know anyway.
When the welcome screen of the CentOS installer appears, just click on Next
Choose your language.
Select your keyboard layout.
With this virtual machine I selected Basic Storage Devices, if you areusing SANs then select Specialized Storage Devices here.
Let's do a fresh installation.
Enter the hostname of the server, then click on the Configure Network button to assign a static IP address.
In the Wired tab, select the network interface and click on Edit.
Mark the Connect automatically checkbox.
In the IPv4 Settings tab select Manual in the Method drop-down menu.
Then click on the Add button next to the Addresses area to set astatic IP address.
Finally insert your DNS servers numbers separated by commas.
When you have finished with the network settings click on Apply, then Close and Next buttons.
Choose your time zone.
Enter a password for the root user.
Now it's time to do the hard drive partitioning.
As this is an empty virtual machine I choose Use All Space for simplicity, but this not a good option if you have some other operating system installed on it, in that case you might want to use Create Custom Layout.
I like to see how the hard drive is partitioned so I checked Review and modify partitioning layou.
and this is how the installer partitioned the hard drive, as you can seeit creates an LVM volume.
Centos 6.5 Iso Install
When you're done with the partitioning click on Write changes to disk
Select where to install the boot loader.
Centos 6.5 Iso Image
Now you can choose a set of software to be installed.
In my case I selected Basic Server, actually CentOS and Red Hat's descriptionof software contained in each set is a little bit vague, here a couple of linksthat may help you to choose the best one for you:
In the previous screen I also checked Customize now so I could add support for the Spanish language.
The installation of software packages start and it will takes fewminutes.
When the installation is complete, you can remove your DVD from the computer and reboot it.
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After the reboot, log in to the server as root user.
That's it! Now you have a basic CentOS 6.5 server installed.
Danilo