To start your installation of CentOS 8, highlight the ' Install CentOS Linux 8' option and press enter. If you are installing into a Virtual environment, simply copy the iso image to the relevant folder or data store. Once you have made this change, you can reboot your system and follow the instructions below. Once you have access to your BIOS settings, you will need to modify the boot sequence order of your system to boot from CD/DVD first. Most systems will display the a message indicating which key needs to be pressed. On many systems this key will be 'F8', 'F11' or 'F12'. As your computer reboots, you will need to press the appropriate key to access your system's BIOS settings. (Assuming that this machine is your intended target system for installation). Once you have burned your 'iso' image of CentOS 8 to your DVD, you will need to leave the DVD in the DVD drive and reboot your system. Your computer may already have CD/DVD burning software installed such as 'Brasero, K3B, Nero, CDBurnerXP or Roxio'. For software that can do this, search for 'dvd iso burning software' in the search box located towards the top of this page. Once you have downloaded your chosen iso image of CentOS 8, you will need to burn this to a blank DVD. To install CentOS 8 simply follow the instructions below: The following guide may also be used for an installation of RHEL 8 minimal server build. The following installation guide takes you through the process of installing a minimal server build with custom disk layout and static IP addressing scheme using a CentOS installation image. Because of this compatibility, many organisations have chosen CentOS as their choice of distribution.

CentOS (Community Enterprise Operating System) is a free open source Linux operating system that has 100% binary comparability with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

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