thanks for the reply. I'll check to see if yum is installed again. I don't think it was installed, which was I was so perplexed... I'll let you know! Thanks, Eric On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:59 AM, der.hans wrote: > Am 06. Feb, 2013 schwätzte Eric Cope so: > > moin moin, > > > I was trying to install CentOS on a fairly old laptop (IBM A31 for the >> history buffs) via the net install process. I was following these >> directions: >> >> http://www.if-not-true-then-**false.com/2011/centos-6-** >> netinstall-network-**installation/ >> >> But, it never gets to step 3.19. It seems to just install a very small >> basic package. Any ideas? >> > > It skips customize package selection and goes straight to starting the > installation? If so, you end up with an installed system? > > If you have an installed system you can just start installing packages as > you'd like. The packages listed in step 3.19 are group packages in > RHEL/CentOS speak. > > yum grouplist > > I believe that's the command to list them out. It might be 'yum group > list'. > > Look at the yum man page and search for group ( /group ) to find out more > about package groups. > > man yum > > When installing, quote the group package names and I think they're case > sensitive. For instance, > > yum groupinstall 'Web Server' > > I'm not certain if 3.19 is showing you the actual names, so what you find > might not match what you see on that page. > > ciao, > > der.hans > -- > # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.LuftHans.com/**Classes/ > # "The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do > # nothing" -- falsely attributed to Edmund Burke > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >