Manually Creating your CentOS ISO for a Flame Family Product Installation

If you choose not to use the Autodesk supplied DVD/USB drive to install CentOS 7.2, you need to include some extra packages provided by Autodesk, collectively called the kickstart (KS) file. After downloading CentOS, you must add the kickstart file to the distribution. You do this by running a script which takes the original CentOS ISO, adds the kickstart, and outputs the new ISO you will use to install Linux. For this you need:

A Linux PC with the contents of dist/kickstart/ from the Autodesk distribution. Instructions are in a README file there.
The CentOS 7.2 64-bit ISO file. The version of CentOS we currently support is labelled "1511" on the CentOS website. You must download the "1511" version of CentOS 7.2.
A DVD burner and blank DVDs.

To create the custom CentOS installation DVD:

Run build_kickstart_cd. This adds the kickstart file to the ISO image of your Linux distribution DVD or first CD. For example:
```
build_kickstart_cd CentOS72_kickstart.cfg Centos7.2.iso Centos7.2_KS.iso
```
Burn the updated ISO image to a DVD. You can use the stock DVD2.
At the CentOS "Welcome" screen, using the arrows keys, select "Install CentOS" and press the Tab key. This presents the command line with the vmlinuz command and some parameters used to install the OS, for example:
```
vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img
```
Append to this command the kickstart parameters linux ks=cdrom so that the whole command line looks like:
```
vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img linux inst.ks=cdrom net.ifnames=0
```
Press Enter to begin the installation. You'll be prompted to set some system settings like language and time.
Note: If the installation hangs it may be because the installer doesn't have an appropriate driver for your video card. Try appending text to the vmlinuz command:
```
vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img linux ks=cdrom text
```
This runs the installer in non-graphical text-only mode.
When you are prompted for the installation type, choose "Create Custom layout". This lets you manually initialize the hard disc. Delete the default partition scheme and partition your hard drive according to the following example:

Device	Size (MB)	Mount Point	Type
sda1	500	/boot	xfs
sda2	For 2GB RAM, 4GB; for 2-8GB RAM, equal to the RAM; greater than 8GB RAM, at least 4 GB swap.		swap
sda3	Set to "use remaining space".	/	xfs