Installing Cent OS as server

Izi · 1 Mar 2011 at 15:37

Last night I got Lamp running under Ubuntu server all OK.

I now want to try with a more industry standard distro, I was recommended CentOS.

However, I can't work out which ISOs I need to download:

http://mirror.umoss.org/centos/5.5/isos/x86_64/

The live CD is just a demo cd, then there are 8 other ISOs. In order for me to install the basic CentOS server, do I need to download all 8 ISOs?

Thanks in advance.

/linux nub

Izi · 1 Mar 2011 at 17:03

geuben said:
Get the dvd via a torrent program.

Otherwise you will have to change CDs about 6 times.

OK, cheers. Thought it might be a case that only ISO 1 was needed and the rest were packages or something.

Downloading the DVD.

Thanks.

Izi · 1 Mar 2011 at 19:06

Tythus said:
centos and yeh what you gonna run on it?

LAMP + FTP. Maybe file sharing also - its just to practice.

What is the best way to edit config files from command line? Do people tend to put a GUI on a server?

Izi · 1 Mar 2011 at 19:23

deano said:
vi

this starring at a black screen, I'm not used to.

came across webmin which seems quite handy too.

Izi · 2 Mar 2011 at 12:30

hmm. I downloaded the DVD and started up vm player, however I wasn't given the option of what I wanted to install and therefore it installed the complete desktop.

How do I just get the bare basics without the GUI? Or is this just part and parcel of CentOS?