. Wed, Apr 23 2014.

• Centos Install Hyper-v Integration

Is there a compatability of HyperVM with CentOS 6? Is there a good, free alternative ( I don't want to reinstall as I've already installed centos 6. CentOS minimal on Hyper-V. Thanks for doing this writeup, tried a half-dozen different ways to get CentOS 6.3 to install and use the non-legacy network adapters. FYI, I was able to set the BOOTPROTO to 'dhcp', and worked fine for me without having to assign a static address.

Centos Install Hyper-v Integration

Tue, Apr 8 2014. Tue, Oct 1 2013The minimal release of CentOS only appeared with release 6.2 –You get literally the core OS, and nothing else (not even network access, but we’ll fix that!) – You just install what you require afterwards. I think this is a great idea, as it will keep your attack surface area to a minimum, you’re not wasting resources on the Hyper-V node with components you’re not going to use, and it’s much quicker to download (=330MB) than the full DVD ISOs (=5.4GB)!

When we get to the installation option screen of the new VM wizard, we will want to tell it to boot from our CentOS minimal ISO. Hopefully your download has finished now, so copy it along with the Linux integration components ISO, onto your Hyper-V host. Select the CentOS minimal ISO as the boot image file, then continue with the wizard. When the wizard has completed, start the new VM, from the actions on the right, then click connect.CentOS minimal installerAt the startup screen, select the first option to start the CentOS installer.

I would skip the media check that the installer offers as it can cause the ISO to eject.In the installer you will need to select the regional settings appropriate to you. The VHD for the VM will be empty/not formatted, so needs initializing:CentOS drive initializationKeep going through the wizard, entering your timezone and root password. For disk partitioning, just go with the defaults (unless you have special requirements) and write the changes to the disk.CentOS disk partitioningOur CentOS system should now begin the installation, don’t make a coffee – it won’t take very long!CentOS installationOnce the installation has finished, the VM will reboot. It might end at the installer screen, as our ISO is still mounted. Don’t go through the installation again! Turn off the VM via the action menu, then from the media menu, eject the CentOS minimal ISO, and replace it by moutning the Microsoft Linux Integration Components that we downloaded earlier, and start up the VM again.All being well, we should end up at the login prompt, login with username root, and whatever password you chose earlier.

We will now install the Linux Integration Components. These enhance your VM by adding features such as time sync with the Hyper-V host, heartbeat reporting to Hyper-V host, multi processor support, shutdown support form Hyper-V manager, and also NIC, IDE and SCSI drivers. Issuing the following commands as root should install the Linux Integration Components:mount – r / dev / sr0 / media cd / media / RHEL63.

ShOnce installed we’ll need to restart again, type reboot at the command prompt. While the VM is rebooting, we can eject the ISO via the media menu.