Installing CentOS 5.8 (Graphical Mode)

This tutorial shows you how to install CentOS 5.8 to your machine.

You can download CentOS at the centos official download site at http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=15

In this tutorial we'll be using CentOS 5.8 32-bit

Make sure that the boot device is your DVD/CD or where your corresponding  installer would be (e.g. USB thumbdrive)

On the first part, Press [Enter] (This will go through the graphical mode installation)

Select your option if you want to test the integrity of the CD media or Skip: (I usually press "Skip" on this part)

Press Next, Then select your language(mine is "English(English)") then press Next, Choose your keyboard type(mine is U.S. English). Then press Next.

It will prompt you if you want to erase ALL DATA. If you have an existing partition that has another OS(Probably a windows OS or another Linux) Press "No" and if not press "Yes". For this tutorial I assume that it is a clean install, Press "Yes" to make sure we delete all unnecessary files inside our drive. (Make sure if you press "No" that you have an existing drive that you want to initialize and install the OS or else once the installation proceeds to another frame, it can never go back again unless you restart the whole installation all over again.)

Then choose "Remove all partitions on selected drives and create default layout." on the drop-down menu then click Next. If you have a custom layout select "Create Custom Layout.". Then press "Next". (Check the "Review and modify partitioning layout" if you want to check/re-check the partition layout)

Select "The GRUB boot loader will be installed on /dev/sda", then press "Next". If you have another drive where you want to install the GRUB such as /dev/sdb then you can select it from the Device or you can add if you have an existing GRUB loader.

Press "Next" until you reach  the region. Select your region then press "Next". Input your "root" password then press "Next".

Press "Next" or if you have additional packages you want to install you can choose "Customize now". For this tutorial we'll go for the default installation.

Press "Next" to Finish the Initial Installation:

After the initial installation is complete, press the "Reboot" then wait for the system to restart.

To finalize the installation, just accept the default or we can disable the Firewall, set SELinux to Disabled instead of Enforced.

Set the administration user and password. Then click "Finish".

Now you can use your CentOS 5.8! Enjoy!