Downloading packages at install time reduces the size of the iso image to approximately 40MB depending on architecture (see below), as well as providing. Various bittorrent clients are available, including (in no particular order of preference): utorrent, vuze (Azureus), BitTorrent, Deluge, ctorrent, ktorrent, rtorrent and transmission. The minimal iso image will download packages from online archives at installation time instead of providing them on the install media itself. For instance, control alt F2 (all three keys pressed at the same time) switches to the second virtual terminal, while control alt F1 will switch back to the first virtual. torrent files can be found from CentOS mirrors. With a 'minimal' install, you have one of several console virtual terminals, which normally you can switch to new/old ones using control/alt followed by a function key.

You can also download the ISO images using bittorrent, a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol. I think the problem is in confusing wording on the installer.

The file is downloaded from the Georgia Tech mirror. reporter 0017662 100 positive it is the right installer. Are you shure you use a minimal-ISO, as it. Mirrors verified Mon Apr 24 12:00:51 2023 UTC The minimal-ISO allready has that on board and does not offer to change that.

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