- #PARTIONING CENTOS SERVER WITH SOFTRAID HOW TO#
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Restore the contents of the /home directory tar -xzvf /root/home. Recreate a new 100GB logical volume for /home lvcreate -L 100GB -n home centosĮxtend the /root volume with all of the remaining space and resize the filesystem lvextend -r -l +100%FREE /dev/mapper/centos-root Remove the home logical volume lvremove /dev/mapper/centos-home Unmount home umount /dev/mapper/centos-home It should look like this NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTīackup the contents of the /home directory tar -czvf /root/home.tgz -C /home. Here, we are going to reduce the size of the /home partition and allocate the remaining space back to the root partition.
#PARTIONING CENTOS SERVER WITH SOFTRAID INSTALL#
I will select this option, to showcase each and every step involved to install CentOS in VMware workstation -> Click Next.Sometimes when creating a new CentOS 7 server, the drive is partioned with the root, boot and swap, and then all the rest of the space is given to the home directory. if you will continue using this option, it will create a new Virtual machine for you. I will install the operating system later – if you are not willing to install Operating system immediately or you are not ready with Burnt CentOS iso CD or image, you can select this option. Use iso image – using this option, you can just browse for your downloaded ISO on your laptop or PC. Your physical drive will be visible as /dev/sr0 and you just need to insert the installer disc, you prepared and click on Next.
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Use a physical drive – if your laptop or PC has CD/DVD drive and you love to burn iso images to CD’s and Dvd’s (old school method). On Media selection page, you have three options. Step3 - Select media " I will Install operating system later" For example, I am using Ubuntu 18.04 as host operating system.Ĭlick on show applications and search for “VMware workstation player”, then open it.Ĭlick on Create a new virtual machine, it will start New Virtual machine creation wizard for CentOS So, open VMware workstation player in your host operating system. The first step would be to create a virtual machine to install CentOS 8 in Vmware. Please refer screenshot Step by Step installation of CentOS in VMware Step1 - Create a Virtual machine for CentOS Linux torrent file and download your CentOS 8 ISO file. If your internet bandwidth is really poor, then you can download the.
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Also, you have the option to download full package DVD iso. I have downloaded " CentOS-x86_64-minimal.iso" for this post. Select your Centos mirror link and download Centos 8 ". Update:- Latest version is available on the CentOS website.
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