Help installing Centos 7 on a Dell R610 Server
 

I have a brand new Dell R610 Server and want to install Centos 7 on it instead of RedHat. The problem I currently have is that when I get to the point where the Open Manager asks to insert the RedHat DVD, I insert the Centos DVD #1 and after a minute or less, it ejects it.

Basically I performed the following steps.

1. Downloaded Centos 7 x86_64 iso files. 2 of them)
2. Used imgburn to burn the 2 DVDs using the copy image function
3. Went through the Open Manager prompts accepting the default Raid 1 option, setting up the network, users etc. and Selected the RedHat for the OS.
4. Took the default layout for the partitions except for /var3.
5. When prompted to insert the OS cd, I inserted DVD #1.

After a minute, it just ejects it. I am wondering if I should have just copied the .iso files to the DVDs instead of using the image copy?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

FYI, I am not a Windows guy.

Hello Zeekstern,

I know this is not going to be a very technical reply, but I find it unusual that you have two DVD's. Why is that? I've installed CentOS 7 last week and just double checked it. I see only one ISO image. Please verify you have the correct image. Also, I'm not familiar with `imgburn` but some burning software requires that one specify the DVD will be bootable. Please verify that is not the case. If you already have a Linux machine the following should work from the command line.

`growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/sr0=/path/to/iso_file`

Hopefully some of this should help. CentOS should run on your R610

the mirror at the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
http://mirrors.arsc.edu/centos/7/isos/x86_64/

what exactly did you download ?
there is NO second dvd

if you burned the TORRENT file
[ ] CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-DVD.torrent
that is NOT a install image
it is well a torrent LINK

see the README on that page
http://mirrors.arsc.edu/centos/7/iso...4/0_README.txt


as for burning a IMAGE to a dvd AS A IMAGE

i use K3b
and have been for many YEARS

but
if i MUST burn a linux install image USING a Microsoft Operating System :banghead::cry::cry:

i use the Cyqwin build program
"CDBurnerXP "
https://cdburnerxp.se/en/home

Thanks very much for the quick and helpful reply Javpra. That is part of my problem. I went to centos.org and picked a mirror site. It had 2 iso files. One was a little under 4gb and the other a little over 1 gb. The names are CentOS-6.6-x86_64-bin0DVD1.iso and CentOS-6.6-x86_64-bin0DVD2.iso.

I went back to the Centos site and the site I picked this time only has one DVD and I am in the process of downloading that one.

I just noticed I said I had Centos 7, but I don't.

I can't tell about the bootable DVD. I just brought it up and did not see an option for it. I don't have a Linux system but will put your command in my Redbook for future use.

Thanks for the help!!

Zeek

http://ftp.usf.edu/pub/centos/7.0.1406/isos/x86_64/

try this link, its for Torrents so you will need an applications for that, but you can choose either just the plane bare bones 3.x G iso or the "everything" iso that is 6.x G in size. if you use the everything ISO you will/should not have to be connected to the internet at the time of install. personally its a toss-up as to the path you take as in either cases you will shortly be running either a yum update, or the installer will prompt you for the option to check for updates.

sounds to me like you have some strange ISOs there and id check out some of the other mirrors.

you might also want to report this to the CentOS site directly.

Thanks JohnW. I was wrong in that I downloaded CentOS-6.6-x86_64-bin0DVD1.iso and not version 7. A torrent file was not available on the website I went to, just x86_64 and i386 versions. I don't remember which mirror site I used, but there were definitely 2 DVDs there for several versions of Centos.

Thanks very much for the links. They are a help and I will take a look at the CDBurnerXp. Is it idiot proof so I can use it:))
So as Jaypr above mentioned, I just need to be sure to use the burn image and make sure it is not bootable, and I should be good to go.

Appreciate your help, thanks!!

Zeek

the cent6.6 dvd #2
is for OFFLINE install of a OFFLINE server
for example it you are in a building and have NO OUTSIDE internet access
just the local lan inside the building

you do not need it normally

as to mirrors
use one that is physically close to you
i just happen to use the ARSC for many things and know that center well

as to a version
there are a few
the 4.3 Gig DVD-1
the 383 meg "minimal" ( text )
and the very small "net" install at 222 meg
http://mirrors.arsc.edu/centos/6/isos/x86_64/


CDBurnerXp is mostly , but LOOK and READ before you ever click "yes"


i do know for a fact it runs on win7 64bit

also win7 is supposed to have the ability to "burn a image" built in
xp and vista did not

i have NEVER used the Microsoft win7 burn tools
( very bad past experiences with Microsoft software )
because the Microsoft tools normally royally "bleep" up ( to put it mildly) linux and apple software

Hmm. I might be interested in the offline install (DVD2). I went to the arsc.edu and Centos site and can't find any info on it. I don't have the DVDs at home so I can't check to see if there is a README on that DVD. If there is, I'll read it tomorrow when I try another install. The server will be used basically as a firewall and a very limited file server.

I'm primarily a Solaris guy with a few Linux installations under my belt. I did one Linux server install using RedHat and only had minor problems with it. Never tried this type of installation. I am hoping that I will get a chance to change the file systems layout during the Centos install.

I hate working with Windows servers and their software and certainly agree with it bleeping up linux software. I think they do that on purpose :))

you really will NOT find information on Cent7
they moved to using the RedHat documentation
on the redhat site

this started when CentOS 6 came out , it is not new

so read the install and setup docs for cent7 on the redhat RHEL7 page
https://access.redhat.com/documentat...erprise_Linux/