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    • Performing a standard installation
      • Introduction
      • Installation methods
      • Quick install on AMD64, Intel 64, and 64-bit ARM
      • Installing on AMD64, Intel 64, and 64-bit ARM
        • Installation workflow
        • Preparing for your installation
          • Recommended steps
          • Check system requirements
          • Choose an installation boot method
          • Select the required installation image
          • Downloading the installation ISO image
          • Creating installation media
            • Creating a bootable DVD or CD
            • Creating a bootable USB device on Linux
            • Creating a bootable USB device on Windows
            • Creating a bootable USB device on Mac OS X
          • Preparing an installation source
            • Types of installation source
            • Specify the installation source
            • Ports for network-based installation
            • Creating an installation source on an NFS server
            • Creating an installation source using HTTP or HTTPS
            • Creating an installation source using FTP
        • Booting the installation
          • Types of boot options
          • Editing boot options
          • Booting the installation from a USB, CD, or DVD
          • Booting the installation from a network using PXE
        • Installing using the Graphical User Interface
          • Graphical installation workflow
          • Configuring language and location settings
          • The Installation Summary window
          • Configuring localization options
            • Configuring keyboard, language, and time and date settings
          • Configuring software options
            • Configuring installation source
            • Configuring software selection
          • Configuring system options
            • Configuring installation destination
            • Configuring Kdump
            • Configuring network and host name options
            • Configuring security policy
            • Configuring System Purpose
          • Configuring storage devices
            • Storage device selection
            • Filtering storage devices
            • Using advanced storage options
            • Installing to an NVDIMM device
          • Configuring manual partitioning
            • Starting manual partitioning
            • Adding a mount point file system
            • Configuring a mount point file system
            • Customizing a partition or volume
            • Preserving the /home directory
            • Creating software RAID
            • Creating an LVM logical volume
            • Configuring an LVM logical volume
          • Starting the installation program
            • Beginning installation
            • Configuring a root password
            • Creating a user account
            • Graphical installation complete
        • Completing post-installation tasks
          • Completing initial setup
          • Securing your system
        • Troubleshooting
          • Consoles and logging during installation
          • Saving screenshots
          • Resuming an interrupted download attempt
        • System requirements reference
          • Hardware compatibility
          • Supported installation targets
          • System specifications
          • Disk and memory requirements
          • RAID requirements
        • Partitioning reference
          • Supported device types
          • Supported file systems
          • Supported RAID types
          • Recommended partitioning scheme
          • Advice on partitions
        • Boot options reference
          • Installation source boot options
          • Network boot options
          • Console boot options
          • Debug boot options
          • Storage boot options
          • Deprecated boot options
          • Removed boot options
          • Related information
      • Installing on IBM Power System LC servers
        • Overview
          • Creating a bootable USB device on Linux
          • Creating a bootable USB device on Windows
          • Creating a bootable USB device on Mac OS X
        • Completing the prerequisites and booting your firmware
        • Configuring the IP address IBM Power
        • Powering on your server with IPMI
        • Choose your installation method on IBM LC servers
          • Configuring Petitboot for installation with USB device
          • Access BMC Advanced System Management interface to configure virtual media
        • Completing your LC server installation
      • Installing on IBM Power System AC servers
        • Overview
        • Completing the prerequisites and booting your firmware
        • Configuring the firmware IP address
        • Powering on your server with OpenBMC commands
        • Choose your installation method on IBM accelerated servers
          • Configuring Petitboot for network installation
          • Configuring Petitboot for installation with USB device on accelerated servers
        • Completing your accelerated server installation
      • Installing on IBM Power System L servers
        • Overview
        • Completing the prerequisites and booting your firmware on L server
        • Connecting to ASMI with DHCP
        • Connecting to ASMI with static IP address
        • Enabling IPMI
        • Powering on your L server with IPMI
        • Powering on your system from a notebook or PC running Linux
        • Powering on your system from a notebook or PC running Windows
        • Configuring Petitboot and installing CentOS
    • Performing an advanced installation
      • Performing an automated installation using Kickstart
        • Introduction
        • Kickstart installation basics
          • What are Kickstart installations
          • Automated installation workflow
        • Creating Kickstart files
          • Creating a Kickstart file by performing a manual installation
          • Creating a Kickstart file with the Kickstart configuration tool
        • Making Kickstart files available to the installation program
          • Ports for network-based installation
          • Making a Kickstart file available on an NFS server
          • Making a Kickstart file available on an HTTP or HTTPS server
          • Making a Kickstart file available on an FTP server
          • Making a Kickstart file available on a local volume
          • Making a Kickstart file available on a local volume for automatic loading
        • Creating installation sources for Kickstart installations
          • Types of installation source
          • Ports for network-based installation
          • Creating an installation source on an NFS server
          • Creating an installation source using HTTP or HTTPS
          • Creating an installation source using FTP
        • Starting Kickstart installations
          • Starting a Kickstart installation manually
          • Starting a Kickstart installation automatically using PXE
          • Starting a Kickstart installation automatically using a local volume
        • Consoles and logging during installation
        • Maintaining Kickstart files
          • Installing Kickstart maintenance tools
          • Verifying a Kickstart file
      • Performing a remote installation using VNC
        • Overview
        • Considerations
        • Performing a remote installation in VNC Direct mode
        • Performing a remote installation in VNC Connect mode
      • Advanced configuration options
        • Updating drivers during installation
          • Overview
          • Types of driver update
          • Preparing a driver update
          • Performing an automatic driver update
          • Performing an assisted driver update
          • Performing a manual driver update
          • Disabling a driver
        • Preparing to install from the network using PXE
          • Network install overview
          • Configuring a TFTP server for BIOS-based clients
          • Configuring a TFTP server for UEFI-based clients
          • Configuring a network server for IBM Power systems
      • References
        • Boot options
          • Types of boot options
          • Editing boot options
          • Installation source boot options
          • Network boot options
          • Console boot options
          • Debug boot options
          • Storage boot options
          • Kickstart boot options
          • Advanced installation boot options
          • Deprecated boot options
          • Removed boot options
        • Kickstart script file format reference
          • Kickstart file format
          • Package selection in Kickstart
            • Package selection section
            • Package selection commands
            • Common package selection options
            • Options for specific package groups
          • Pre-installation scripts in Kickstart
            • Pre-installation script section
            • Pre-installation Kickstart section options
          • Post-installation scripts in Kickstart
            • Post-installation script section
            • Post-installation Kickstart section options
            • Example: Mounting NFS in a post-install script
          • Anaconda configuration section
          • Kickstart error handling section
          • Kickstart add-on sections
        • Kickstart commands and options reference
          • Kickstart changes
            • auth or authconfig is deprecated
            • Kickstart no longer supports Btrfs
            • Using Kickstart files from previous releases
            • Deprecated Kickstart commands and options
            • Removed Kickstart comands and options
            • New Kickstart comands and options
          • Kickstart commands for installation program configuration and flow control
            • autostep
            • cdrom
            • cmdline
            • driverdisk
            • eula
            • firstboot
            • graphical
            • halt
            • harddrive
            • install (deprecated)
            • liveimg
            • logging
            • mediacheck
            • nfs
            • ostreesetup
            • poweroff
            • reboot
            • rescue
            • shutdown
            • sshpw
            • text
            • url
            • vnc
            • %include
            • %ksappend
          • Kickstart commands for system configuration
            • auth or authconfig (deprecated)
            • authselect
            • firewall
            • group
            • keyboard (required)
            • lang (required)
            • module
            • pwpolicy
            • repo
            • rootpw (required)
            • selinux
            • services
            • skipx
            • sshkey
            • syspurpose
            • timezone (required)
            • user
            • xconfig
          • Kickstart commands for network configuration
            • network
            • realm
          • Kickstart commands for handling storage
            • device (deprecated)
            • autopart
            • bootloader (required)
            • clearpart
            • fcoe
            • ignoredisk
            • iscsi
            • iscsiname
            • logvol
            • mount
            • nvdimm
            • part or partition
            • raid
            • reqpart
            • snapshot
            • volgroup
            • zerombr
            • zfcp
          • Kickstart commands for default addons
            • %addon com_redhat_kdump
            • %addon org_fedora_oscap
        • Partitioning reference
          • Supported device types
          • Supported file systems
          • Supported RAID types
          • Recommended partitioning scheme
          • Advice on partitions
    • Installing, managing, and removing user space components
      • Using AppStream
        • Distribution of content
        • Application Streams
        • Packaging methods
        • Package management using YUM
      • Introduction to modules
        • Module streams
        • Module profiles
      • Finding content
        • Searching for a package
        • Listing available modules
        • Example: Finding out details about a module
        • Commands for listing content
      • Installing content
        • Installing a package
        • Selecting a stream before installation of packages
        • Installing a module stream
        • Example: Installing a non-default stream of an application
        • Running installed content
        • Commands for installing content
      • Removing content
        • Removing installed packages
        • Removing installed modules
        • Resetting module streams
        • Commands for removing content
      • Managing versions of Application Stream content
        • Modular dependencies and stream changes
        • Interaction of modular and non-modular dependencies
        • Resetting module streams
        • Disabling all streams of a module
        • Switching to a later stream
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CentOS 8.0.1905 documentation

  • Performing a standard CentOS installation

    Installing CentOS 8.0.1905 using the graphical user interface

  • Performing an advanced CentOS installation

    Installing CentOS 8.0.1905 using Kickstart

  • Installing, managing, and removing user space components

    Introduction to AppStream and BaseOS in CentOS 8.0.1905

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