Purpose
When centos is installed, there is usually a graphical interface, which can be installed by clicking with the mouse. However, you may also encounter background command line mode installation. This article introduces the command line mode installation method. The deployment of virtual machines will not be introduced in detail. You can refer to my Previous articlecentos
installation nanny-level tutorial
centos initialization instructions
The homepage of the command line mode is as follows. Keyboard input is required and the mouse cannot be used.
The options here are the same as when installing centos through the graphical interface. They all configure time zone, partition, network, etc.
| Configuration items | illustrate |
|---|---|
| 1 Language | Language configuration, default is english |
| 2 Time settings | Time zone configuration, select shanghai |
| 3 Installation source | DefaultLocal media |
| 4 Soft selection | Choose according to your needs, here is the minimal installation |
| 5 Installation Destination | Partition configuration, automatic partition, select standard partition |
| 6 Kdump | Enabled by default |
| 7 network | Keep the network configuration as default and do not need to configure it separately. |
| 8 Root password | Set root password |
| 9 User creation | Create user account, can be ignored |
Note:
The overall operation is to select by numbers; x status indicates that it has been configured, empty or ! indicates options that need to be configured.
Basic system installation requirements (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 are all set, and 2, 5, and 8 need to be reset by default).
Configuration operations
| input value | illustrate |
|---|---|
| b | Start the installation, the configuration items need to be complete before installation |
| c | Go on, next step |
| q | Exit (do not use, it will exit the installation) |
| r | refresh |
| space | After selecting the configuration with the up and down keys, press the space bar to make it effective. |
Partition configuration
Enter 5, press the enter key to enter the partition configuration page. Use
the up and down keys to select Use All Space, press the space bar to select, enter c to continue. Select the
standard partition Standard Partition, select the space, enter c to continue.
After configuration, it will pop up to the homepage
and configure the time zone and root. After entering the password, you can enter b to install