Difference between revisions of "Installing CentOS 8"

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* and add rdblacklist=nouveau nouveau.modeset=0 after quiet if graphic issues
 
* and add rdblacklist=nouveau nouveau.modeset=0 after quiet if graphic issues
 
* can also change LABEL when it gets to boot menu using tab
 
* can also change LABEL when it gets to boot menu using tab
* root account/passwd, sort connection first (hostname *.eee.nottingham.ac.uk), if usb can't be found use network install and find correct repo (http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8-stream/BaseOS/x86_64/os/), packages include files and storage server + network servers + standard, select all drives and click next to configure,
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* root account/passwd, sort connection first (hostname *.eee.nottingham.ac.uk), if usb can't be found use network install and find correct repo (http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8-stream/BaseOS/x86_64/os/), packages include files and storage server + network servers + standard, select all drives and click next to configure
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* dnf install http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
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* dnf grouplist
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* had to enable powertools in etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-PowerTools.repo
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* yum repolist to check
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* dnf groupinstall "KDE Plasma Workspaces"
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* systemctl set-default graphical.target
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* yum install sddm\*
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* systemctl enable sddm -f

Revision as of 15:51, 24 September 2020

This is the install notes for CentOS 8 (linux/stream) - this should only be used for the platform servers.

  • Create disk using Universal USB installer 1.9.9.3
  • had to change D:/EFI/BOOT/grub.cfg change
  • ...inst.stage2=hd:LABEL=CentOS-Stream-8-x86_64-dvd quiet to ...inst.stage2=hd:LABEL=UUI quiet
  • and add rdblacklist=nouveau nouveau.modeset=0 after quiet if graphic issues
  • can also change LABEL when it gets to boot menu using tab
  • root account/passwd, sort connection first (hostname *.eee.nottingham.ac.uk), if usb can't be found use network install and find correct repo (http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8-stream/BaseOS/x86_64/os/), packages include files and storage server + network servers + standard, select all drives and click next to configure
  • dnf install http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
  • dnf grouplist
  • had to enable powertools in etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-PowerTools.repo
  • yum repolist to check
  • dnf groupinstall "KDE Plasma Workspaces"
  • systemctl set-default graphical.target
  • yum install sddm\*
  • systemctl enable sddm -f