Karanbir Singh has announced the release of CentOS 6.5 on 1st December, 2013 and made available to download for both the 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. This is the fourth release in 6.x branches, CentOS-6.5 is based on the upstream release EL 6.5 comes with bug fixes, new functionalities & updates. It’s highly recommended to go through release notes as well as the upstream technical notes about the changes before an installation or up-gradation.
CentOS 6.5 Features
- Support for sub-microsecond clock accuracy over the LAN using the Precision Time Protocol (PTP)
- OpenSSL 1.0.1
- OpenSSL & NSS Support TLS 1.1 and 1.2
- Read only support of VMDK and VHDX files
- CPU hot pluggingUpdated virt-v2v-/virt-p2v-conversion tools
- Updated drivers for Hyper-V and VMware
- LibreOffice Version 4.0.4
- Evolution 2.32
- Depreciated features are matahari, python-qmf, python-qpid, qupd-cpp, qpid-qmf, qpid-tests, saslwrapper, ruby-qpid etc.
Download CentOS-6.5 DVD ISO’s
Torrent files for the DVD‘s are available at:
Torrent files for LiveCD and LiveDVD, Download these from either a mirror close to you or the torrents listed here.
- CentOS-6.5-i386-LiveCD.torrent
- CentOS-6.5-i386-LiveDVD.torrent
- CentOS-6.5-x86_64-LiveCD.torrent
- CentOS-6.5-x86_64-LiveDVD.torrent
Upgrade CentOS 6.x to CentOS 6.5
Please follow article below to upgrade from other 6.x branches to latest CentOS 6.5 version.
CentOS 6.5 Installation Guide
- Boot your system with CentOS bootable media or ISO, you’ll get following screen.
CentOS Boot Menu - Check the media. You can Skip it.
Media Check - CentOS Installer started.
CentOS Installation - Language to choose during installation process.
Language Selection - Select Keyboard type.
Select Keyboard - Select Storage Devices “Basic Storage Devices” and “Specialized Storage Devices (For advanced users)”.
Select Storage Devices - Storage device warning, Click “Yes, discard any data“.
Storage Device Warning - Give Hostname. Click on “Configure Network” button below if you want to configure network settings during installation. Same can be configure manually later on also.
Set Hostname - Select location.
Select Location - Set root password.
Define root password - Select “Use All Space“, Click on Review and Modify partitioning layout if you want to verify or edit file system manually.
Select Installation Type - Selecting “Create Custom layout” screen where we can create RAID partitions and LVM as well.
Create Storage - Partitions review.
Partition Table - Format Warnings. Click “Format” which will erase existing data.
Device Formatting - Writing storage configuration to disk.
Write Changes to Device - Formatting drive.
Formatting Devices - Bootloader installation confirmation. Check “Use a boot loader password” box if you would like to give bootloader password.
Bootloader Installation - Choose application to install. Select “Customize now” further selection of software’s.
Select Installation Software - Select applications of your choice.
Select Installation Applications - The installation has begin.
Installation Started - Installation is still in progress.
Installation in Progress - Installation is complete. Eject media and click on “reboot“.
Installation Completed - Login Screen.
CentOS Login Screen