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This guide is provided for informational purposes only. If you choose to use this guide for anything more than information, you do so "At Your Own Risk".

• This guide will cover how to complete a base install of CentOS 5.3 to run your SRCDS server
• A base install will not include services you do not need and will run leaner than a standard install
• If you are running older hardware as your game server a base install will help it perform better

Installing from the DVD

• Boot up your computer with the CentOS 5.3 DVD
• Press enter at the boot prompt
• You can verify the media if you want to, I skip this step to save time. If you have issues with the installation come back and check the media
• Click Next
• Select your preferred language and click Next
• Use the default partition setup and click Next
  • If you know how to setup the custom Linux partitions you can do that here instead of using the auto setup.
• Click Edit to set your IP address and gateway, once they are set click Next
  • You want to use a static IP for your server, you should know what IP's work for your private network or what public IP your server will use.
• Select your region and click Next
• Set your root password and click Next
• Click Customize now and then Next
• Go through each item listed and make sure that none of the boxes are checked. You do not want to install anything here but the OS
• Wait for the installation to complete, when rebooting remove the DVD from the drive

Configuring your server

• Now that the OS install has completed, we need to add in the components that the SRCDS game engine requires to run
• login as root
• Update your base installation

yum -y update

• install the applications you will need to install SRCDS

yum -y install ncompress screen wget

• Your base install is now ready to follow the Linux SRCDS server guide