Download and Burn in TEL Open Lab - CentOS7
If you are using an SSD, then you are not required to burn the Centos 7 installation disk (you will just following instructions for lab 1 - SSD). If you have a removable SATA drive, then you should perform the following steps to create a bootable Centos 7 install DVD. It may be useful to download and burn the Centos 7 live DVD that can be used for rescue purposes. |
Before Proceeding with Download and Burning:
Procedure to Download and Burn a CD/DVD in TEL Open Lab:
- Set "Master Selector" on CPU to Internal.
- Power on Computer.
- Place DVD media into the drive.
- To access the boot menu quicker, press ESC at the network boot procedure
- Select 2. Win 7 from the boot menu
- Determine which image you want to download. Below are links to both the LIVE DVD and Installation DVD images:
- CentOS 7 Full Install DVD (image file): http://belmont.senecacollege.ca/pub/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1708.iso
- CentOS 7 Gnome Live DVD (image file): Not required for labs, but for rescue purposes only:
http://belmont.senecacollege.ca/pub/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGNOME-1708.iso
- CentOS 7 Full Install DVD (image file): http://belmont.senecacollege.ca/pub/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1708.iso
- Right-click on the appropriate link (displayed above), and select "Save Link As" in the context menu, and select "Desktop" as the location, then click SAVE.
- After the image has been downloaded to your desktop, right-click on the image file, and in the context menu, select Open With, and then select Nero Express Essentials in the sub-menu.
- Click Burn to start the burning process to the DVD. This process will take several minutes.
- When the burn is completed, exit the application, and remove your DVD from the machine.
- It is highly recommended to test to see if your install DVD image works by going to your OPS235 lab, and see if the DVD media correctly boots up in the computer lab...