Centos 6

Work around using Centos 6 in Minimal mode:

To start:
Configure the network:

 [root@rex ~]#vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
Dynamic IP configuration

 

Static IP configuration
 DEVICE=eth0
 HWADDR=08:00:27:CD:DD:9D
 TYPE=Ethernet
 UUID=43dec226-bd53-4ad2-af70-b80fe17f779b

 # change

 ONBOOT=yes
 NM_CONTROLLED=yes

 # change

 BOOTPROTO=none

 # add follows

 # this server's IP address

 IPADDR=10.10.0.50

 # subnet mask

 NETMASK=255.255.255.0

 # default gateway

 GATEWAY=10.0.0.1

 # DNS server's IP address

 DNS1=10.0.0.10
 IPV6INIT=no
 USERCTL=no 

:Restart network

 [root@rex ~]#/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart  

:Check updated network address
 [root@rex ~]#chkconfig network on
 [root@rex ~]#ifconfig
:Display services | Adding and Stopping services you don't need
 [root@rex ~]#chkconfig --list
 [root@rex ~]#/etc/rc.d/init.d/netfs stop
 [root@rex ~]#chkconfig netfs off
Update it to the latest system
 [root@rex ~]#yum -y install yum-plugin-fastestmirror

 [root@rex ~]#yum -y update  

:Configure sudoer

 [root@rex ~]#visudo

 # add follows to the end: "cent" can use all root privilege

 cent    ALL=(ALL)       ALL