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:'''Perform the following steps:'''
# Create the VM (called '''centos2''') as you did with the ''centos1'' machine, except for the following difference<br><br><span style="background-color:yellow;">When customizing your partitions, do the same operation that you did in centos2 (with '''Gnome DesktopMinimal Install''' software selection), but after automatically creating the partitions, reduce the size of the root LVM partition to '''8000 MB''' and add an LVM partition with a size of '''2000 MB''' (mount point: '''/home''', name: '''home''', and make certain root and /home partitions have '''ext4''' file system).</span><br><br>
# <span style="background-color:yellow;">Complete the installation. Login to your regular user account, and perform a '''yum update''' for the centos2 VM (reboot if required). Make certain to adjust your screen-saver settings if desired.</span>
# <span style="background-color:yellow;">Repeat the steps as you did to '''start the SSH service''', '''set iptables to accept connections via ssh''', '''test connections between centos2 and centos1''', '''disable SELinux''' and perform a '''yum update'''.</span>
:'''Perform the following steps:'''
# Create During the VM as you did with install, select the network URL, but click ''centos2'options''' virtual machine, but click options for the network install and enter (copy and paste) the kickstart URL displayed above).
# Observe the installation. How is it different from booting from a downloaded image?
# Record the time taken to install, and compare this to the time taken by the previous installations.<br><br>If the during the installation, you see the message at the bottom '''Pane is Dead''', click the '''Virtual Machine''' menu at the top, select '''Shut Down''' -> '''Force Off''', '''right-click''' on '''centos3''' in the ''virtual manager'' window and select '''Delete'''. Redo the VM setup for a new instance of the ''centos3'' VM.<br><br>
