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OPS235 Lab 1 - CentOS7 - HD2

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Part 3: Completing the Installation
<li>The system should then graphically prompt the user to login with their regular user account. Click on your '''regular user account name''' and '''enter your regular user password'''.<br><br></li>
<li>The last phase of the installation process should now run:<ul><li>Confirm English as the default input source and click '''Next'''.</li><li>Skip the creation of online accounts by clicking '''Next'''.<li>Start using your installed Linux system by clicking '''Start Using CentOS Linux'''.</li></ul><br></li>
<li>Open a web-browser and check to see if you can connect to the Internet. '''It is essential that your Host machine can connect to the Internet in order to download checking scripts, installing software and performing software updates'''.</li>
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|{{Admon/important|Can't connect to Internet on your Host Machine with Removable Hard Drive|Sometimes, you may not be able to connect to the Internet when booting your Host machine from your removable hard disk drive. If that is the case, you should notice on the top right hand side of your desktop two square brackets containing dots. To fix that problem, you need to perform the following steps to temporarily place your NIC card into hibernation:<br><br><ol><li>Quickly press the power button (do not hold it down!). This should put it in suspend mode. You can confirm it is in suspend mode if the blue power light is flashing.</ li><li>Wait a few seconds, then press the power button again. This will go out of suspend mode. You can confirm is is not in suspend mode if blue power light is solid (not flashing).</li><li> In a few seconds, the symbol on the top right-hand side should appear like a solid box (it means that you can now connect to the Internet).}}<br><br>
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