Download link
http://www.how2centos.com/
http://daddy-linux.blogspot.in/2012/02/download-centos-62-cd-dvd-iso.html
http://mirrors.hns.net.in/centos/6.2/isos/i386/
CentOS 6.2 Netinstall Guide – Network Installation Screenshots
http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2011/centos-6-netinstall-network-installation/
How to install CentOS 6.2 Step by step guide Screenshots
http://www.php2s.com/linux/howto-downloa-install-centos-6-2-step-by-step-guide-screenshots.html
Fedora VS Centos
Q>what's the main difference between Fedora and Centos ? I know that
Centos is based on Redhat enterprise but i still don't know what the
difference between Fedora..
ANS
Both CentOS and Fedora are from the Red Hat line of products.
RHEL is the main revenue generating product in the line.
CentOS is based upon RHEL with all support options removed and Red Hat branding.
Fedora is a distribution where things are tested before being included in RHEL/CentOS
Fedora changes daily and is updated on a six monthly basis. Support in
the way of security updates is discontinued something like 7 months
after the distribution is replaced. (It's a bit more complicated than
that but it will do for starters). Fedora has been known to break it's
packages and leave you with a problem for a while. At the moment, it's
the graphical firewall configuration program that's causing a problem.
If you want a distribution where you get all the latest software but can
live with fixing things now and again then Fedora is pretty good.
If you need reliability then CentOS, stable, packages just slightly more outdated, longer term support is the way to go.
http://www.g-loaded.eu/2009/10/05/fedora-server-vs-centos/
October 5th, 2009 by George Notaras
End of era for my
Fedora based server after almost five years of service. The box now runs
CentOS. I had this box at home and it was the only
Fedora Server I ever maintained at home or elsewhere. I should state from the beginning that it was only Fedora’s short
life-cycle that practically forced me to switch. Other than that, I’ve never encountered a single issue with its
performance,
stability or
security,
even if I had been upgrading through yum since Fedora Core 3 (upgrading
through yum is probably still an officially unsupported feature).
You have probably read several times on this website about the stability issues I had faced on my
Fedora Desktop. All those issues were entirely related to
graphical applications and are common among all Linux distributions that are used as desktop operating systems. There is a huge
gap in quality
between the software that is used to run a WWW, SMTP, FTP, et cetera
server and the software that is used on Linux desktops. Anyway, I won’t
go into the details of this topic in the current post. I would like to
say only this: If Fedora’s
short life-cycle and the
frequent updates are not a problem to you, then Fedora automatically becomes a very strong candidate for your server.
Having used
Red Hat Linux,
CentOS and
Fedora
over time I have finally come to several conclusions about each of them
(well RHL has reached EOL). Below, I try to summarize the advantages
and downsides of each of the last two distributions both as an operating
system for a server and as a project to which you might want to
contribute (since you use it on your boxes):
CentOS
Advantages:
- Almost guaranteed stability. The distribution includes old but proven versions of software which are very unlikely to have serious security or blocker bugs. “Almost” is used because you get true guaranteed stability only by using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), which is available under contract by Red Hat Inc.
- The CentOS or better the RHEL Life-Cycle is 7 years.
Disadvantages:
- The included software on the base repositories does not fully cover the needs of a modern server. Using software from 3rd party repositories
has become a common practice among CentOS users. There are some
well-known repositories, but it may happen that you have to use a
package from a repository that is not so popular or (many times)
completely unknown. Using software from 3rd party repositories renders
your installation less secure.
- If a bug is not security-related, it may take
several months (sometimes more than a year) to get fixed. Although the
sources are the same with RHEL, except for the artwork, logos and
release notes, CentOS has its own bug tracking system, which is
completely unrelated to the Red Hat bug tracking system, meaning that
they do not monitor or notify each other for bug submissions and fixes,
despite the fact that the two OSes are almost alike. In practice, this
is worse than it sounds. Things *could* be better.
- The organization of the community behind CentOS is not very
clear. Even if you want to contribute some time and effort you will
have to accept some things “as is”. In general, it is nowhere near the
organization and openness of the Fedora community.
- CentOS does not differ from the vast majority of Linux distributions
when it comes to your relationship as a contributor to the project,
which is mostly governed by “bro” rules and practices.
Fedora
Advantages:
- Software availability. The project’s repositories
contain a huge amount of packages, which have been built with common,
well-documented packaging guidelines. Almost any software a modern
server may require can be found in the main RPM repository. Only in rear
occasions you will need a 3rd party repo.
- A well-organized community around the project. All procedures are open and well-documented.
- Professional procedures and practices govern your relationship to the project as a contributor.
- Bugs are resolved rather quickly, especially blocker bugs.
Disadvantages:
- Short life-cycle of about 13 months.
- Theoritically, less stable versions of software
than CentOS or RHEL. Even the server software is updated too often.
Despite of the high quality of the server software, the frequent updates
makes it “feel” less stable. From my own experience though, I’d say
that, if CentOS gets an “100% Stable” label, a Fedora Server gets a 99.5%.
Personally, although I had set up several services on the box, I never
had any stability issues, but that does not necessarily mean that they
do not exist.
As you can see, both distributions have their downsides. Now that I
have written all the above, I think that there is a gap between the two
OSes, which could be filled by a 3rd operating system. A system that
would be more modern than CentOS, but less “cutting edge” than Fedora,
and which would have a life-cycle of about 3-4 years. That would be very
interesting.
Personally, I have successfully used both operating systems as
servers for several years. I cannot make up my mind and decide which one
better meets a server’s requirements. As I have previously mentioned, I
decided to fully switch to CentOS because of the significantly longer
life-cycle.
Fedora was developed by Redhat, but this is normal at Centos packages
compiled from source Redhat voila a simple summary that I propose:
* Fedora is less stable than Centos
* Fedora has better support and a larger community (much assistance as possible)
* Centos is more oriented work / server-like Redhat and the most common
use of suspense Centos is .......... !............ .......... the
SERVERS
* The Doc is in English CentOS notice the fans --
* The development cycle is longer Centos what justifies the stability of Centos -
Fedora is developed by redhat, development is entrusted to the community.
So in the end I will advise Centos for your server, but only if you can
read the English; otherwise chosen Redhat. (Fedora is more
office-oriented, easy, machine, machine)
Q>Can someone tell me the difference between a Desktop Install, a Basic
Server install, and a Minimal Install? During installation, it doesn't
give a description and I can't find documentation on it either.
link
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/20379/centos-6-default-installation-options
ANS:As you've already noticed,
Red Hat's description is vague about what each suite actually includes. Below is a list of the package groups the each suite will install.
You can get more information about what package group by running
yum groupinfo foo-bar. The names listed below differ from what
yum grouplist
will list but the groupinfo cobase, console-internet, core, debugging,
directory-client, hardware-monitoring, java-platform, large-systems,
network-file-system-client, performance, perl-runtime,
server-platformmmand still works on them.
I got this by mounting
http://mirror.centos.org/centos-6/6/os/x86_64/images/install.img and looking at /usr/lib/anaconda/installclasses/rhel.py inside the image.
Desktop: base, basic-desktop, core, debugging,
desktop-debugging, desktop-platform, directory-client, fonts,
general-desktop, graphical-admin-tools, input-methods,
internet-applications, internet-browser, java-platform, legacy-x,
network-file-system-client, office-suite, print-client,
remote-desktop-clients, server-platform, x11
Minimal Desktop: base, basic-desktop, core,
debugging, desktop-debugging, desktop-platform, directory-client, fonts,
input-methods, internet-browser, java-platform, legacy-x,
network-file-system-client, print-client, remote-desktop-clients,
server-platform, x11
Minimal: core
Basic Server: base, console-internet, core,
debugging, directory-client, hardware-monitoring, java-platform,
large-systems, network-file-system-client, performance, perl-runtime,
server-platform
Database Server: base, console-internet, core,
debugging, directory-client, hardware-monitoring, java-platform,
large-systems, network-file-system-client, performance, perl-runtime,
server-platform, mysql-client, mysql, postgresql-client, postgresql,
system-admin-tools
Web Server: base, console-internet, core, debugging,
directory-client, java-platform, mysql-client,
network-file-system-client, performance, perl-runtime, php,
postgresql-client, server-platform, turbogears, web-server, web-servlet
Virtual Host: base, console-internet, core,
debugging, directory-client, hardware-monitoring, java-platform,
large-systems, network-file-system-client, performance, perl-runtime,
server-platform, virtualization, virtualization-client,
virtualization-platform
Software Development Workstation: additional-devel,
base, basic-desktop, core, debugging, desktop-debugging,
desktop-platform, desktop-platform-devel, development, directory-client,
eclipse, emacs, fonts, general-desktop, graphical-admin-tools,
graphics, input-methods, internet-browser, java-platform, legacy-x,
network-file-system-client, performance, perl-runtime, print-client,
remote-desktop-clients, server-platform, server-platform-devel,
technical-writing, tex, virtualization, virtualization-client,
virtualization-platform, x11
Note for CentOS-5 users: If you are still running CentOS 5.3 or older, then you would need to install kmod-fuse from 
Remember you have to be normal user to run VLC Player, You cannot Run VLC Player as root.
Enjoy Linux 