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h1. Instructions for installing CentOS on your computer h2. Why CentOS? see [[Select_Linux_distribution_to_use|Linux [[Linux distribution recommendation]] We provide the following instructions for CentOS Installation: h2. Download the ISO disk of CentOS 5.4 # ISO files are available at ## http://wiki.centos.org/Download # Click on i386 for 32bit machines or x86_64 for 64bit machines # Pick a mirror and download 'CentOS-5.4-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso' file h2. Confirm download went correctly perform a SHA1SUM confirmation: <pre> sha1sum CentOS-5.4-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso </pre> The result should be the same as in the sha1sum file provided by CentOS: * http://centos.mirrors.tds.net/pub/linux/centos/5.4/isos/x86_64/sha1sum.txt for 64bit * http://centos.mirrors.tds.net/pub/linux/centos/5.4/isos/i386/sha1sum.txt for 32bit h2. Burn ISO file to DVD disk Use dvdrecord in Linux to burn disk <pre> dvdrecord -v -dao gracetime=10 dev=/dev/dvd speed=16 CentOS-5.4-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso </pre> h2. Install CentOS 5.4 with default packages * Setup network, root, password as desired * This install will assume that only *"Desktop - GNOME"* to be selected * More information available at [http://wiki.centos.org/Documentation CentOS Documentation] h2. Add yourself to the sudoers file Make sure you have root permission. Open the file in an editor. ex. vi /etc/sudoers Look for the line: root ALL=(ALL) ALL. Add this line below the root version: <pre> your_username ALL=(ALL) ALL </pre> Logout and log back in with your username. The CentOS installation is complete. ______ [[Select Linux distribution to use|< Select Linux distribution to use ]] | [[Download additional Software|Download additional Software >]] ______