Trouble Installing CentOS 6.8

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Dear all,

I’m having trouble installing CentOS 6.8, in a VM using VirtualBox, and hoping that someone on this distribution can help.

I’m running VirtualBox Version 5.1.4 r110228 (Qt5.5.1).

I downloaded .iso files for CentOS 6.8:
– CentOS-6.8-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso
– CentOS-6.8-x86_64-bin-DVD2.iso

I proceeded to set up a new VM, selecting Linux / RedHat 64 bit. I
selected the DVD1 iso file above as “IDE Primary Master” and the DVD2 as
“IDE Secondary Master”.

I then clicked “Start”, expecting to be able to install the operating system. Instead of gives me a bunch of output I don’t understand, and then it just hangs. I’ve attached a screen-shot.

I tried to re-download the iso files, from a different mirror. Same issue.

Any ideas?
Thank you Emma

7 thoughts on - Trouble Installing CentOS 6.8

  • It appears the attachment did not go through.

    The errors look something like:

    …
    …
    [] ? __switch_to+0x7d/0x2f7
    [] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20
    [] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x2f7
    [] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20

  • I have personally always had the best luck by installing the Live CD, and then customizing the installation from there. This also gives you a quick way to test if the hardware you are installing to is compatible with the version of CentOS that you’re installing since the Live CD boots and comes up with a working desktop or it does not.

    In fact and coincidentally, I just set up a CentOS 6.8 image on VirtualBox last night using the Live CD with no issues.

  • Hi, Emma,

    Emma M Birath wrote:

    This is a mailing list. Plain text only. No attachments. No pics. Good job on the resend….

    mark

  • Hi,

    … What is usually done is putting dvd1 in the primary master IDE, then replace dvd1 by dvd2 if required in the same drive.

    Cheers

    Tru

  • Looks like my problem was with the downloads. I would download a file 3
    different times and get 3 different checksums :( Now I finally got one that matches the checksums listed on the download site, and it appears to be happily installing now.

    Thank you all

    Emma