Source: http://www.labnol.org/internet/email/export-outlook-email-to-gmail-pst-backup/1938/

Sachin writes – “I have few thousand email messages inside Microsoft Outlook (a pst file) organized in various folders. I know it is possible to download emails from Gmail to Outlook using POP3 or IMAP but is the reverse path possible.”

Sachin is looking for a trick to archive all Outlook email messages (and folders) to his online Gmail account for two reasons – one is secure backup and two, he will be able to access his old emails from any computer.

Solution: It is quite easy to transfer Outlook emails to your Gmail mailbox. Here’s a step by step guide:

Step 1: Enable IMAP in your Gmail account and then configure Outlook (or Outlook Express or Windows Live Mail) to sync with your Gmail address via IMAP. Read this guide.

Step 2: Import your Outlook PST file into a Personal folder that is different from your default Gmail Inbox.

To import, click File -> Import And Export -> Import from another program or file. -> Next -> Personal Folder File (.pst) -> Next.

Select the PST file that contains your email, then pick the email folders that you want to import in Outlook and click Finish.

Step 3: Select the Personal folders that you want to backup online and copy them your Gmail Folder in Outlook (see screenshot).

In the Folder List, right-click the folder you want to copy and click Copy Folder name. Click the Gmail Folder in Outlook to copy that folder in that location. You can repeat the steps as needed for other folders.

That’s it. Your Outlook email will soon become available inside your online Gmail Inbox.

If your switching from Hotmail to Gmail, check this tutorial on moving emails from Hotmail to Gmail.

Caution: The migration from Outlook to Gmail can take a long time if you have very large Outlook pst file or if your internet connection speed is slow. Therefore, consider removing all large emails before moving them to your Gmail via IMAP.

Source: http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/profile

Mozilla Thunderbird stores all your personal settings, such as your mail, passwords and extensions, in a profile. The profile is stored on your hard drive in a profile folder.

If you run into problems using Thunderbird (e.g. problems starting after installing an extension, or other features not functioning properly), the first thing you’re usually asked to do in the tech support forum is to create a new profile. This tutorial will not only show you how to do that, but also how to create backups and move or restore existing profiles.

Contents

• Locate your profile folder
• Create a new profile
• Backing up your profile
• Move an existing profile or restore a backed up profile

Locate your profile folder

Knowing where your profile folder is stored can be useful if, for example, you want to make a backup of your personal data.

• On Windows Vista/XP/2000, the path is usually %AppData%\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\, where xxxxxxxx is a random string of 8 characters. Just browse to C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\ on Windows XP/2000 or C:\users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\ on Windows Vista, and the rest should be obvious.
• On Windows 95/98/Me, the path is usually C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Mozilla\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\
• On Linux, the path is usually ~/.thunderbird/xxxxxxxx.default/
• On Mac OS X, the path is usually ~/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/xxxxxxxx.default/

%AppData% is a shorthand for the Application Data path on Windows 2000/XP/Vista. To use it, click Start > Run… (use the search box on Vista), enter %AppData% and press Enter. You will be taken to the "real" folder, which is normally C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Application Data on Windows XP/2000, C:\users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming on Windows Vista.

Create a new profile

The screenshots are from Firefox, but the appearance is the same in Thunderbird.

In order to create a new profile, you use the Profile Manager. To start the Profile Manager in Windows, follow these steps:

1. Close Thunderbird completely (select File > Exit from the main menu of Thunderbird).
2. Select Start > Run… from the Windows Start menu (use the search box on Vista).
3. Enter thunderbird.exe -ProfileManager and press OK.

On Mac OS X, navigate to /Applications/Utilities, open the Terminal application, type /Applications/Thunderbird.app/Contents/MacOS/thunderbird -ProfileManager, and press Return.

On Linux, start Thunderbird with the -profilemanager switch, e.g. ./thunderbird -ProfileManager (this assumes that you’re in the Thunderbird directory).

You should now see the Profile Manager window, shown in the screenshot to the right.

From the Profile Manager you are also able to remove and rename profiles.

Click on the Create Profile… button to start the Create Profile Wizard. Click Next and enter the name of the profile, e.g. your name or something descriptive.

You can also choose where on the disk you want the profile to be stored, which is useful if you plan on exporting your settings to another computer or setup in the future.

Finally, click Finish to have Thunderbird create the new profile.

You should now be taken back to the Profile Manager and the newly created profile should be listed. Select it and click Start Thunderbird. That’s it!

You are now running Thunderbird with the new profile, which means all settings are reset to default. If you want to switch back to your old profile, just start the Profile Manager again (instructions above) and select the old profile.

You can also have Thunderbird start a selected profile automatically, so you don’t have to pick one each time the browser is launched. Do this by checking the Don’t ask at startup option.

Backing up your profile

Backing up your profile folder in Thunderbird is easy. Just follow these steps (which assumes you know how to manage files on your computer):

1. Shut down Thunderbird completely (File > Exit).
2. Make a copy of your profile folder to, for example, a CD-RW disc or a separate hard disk for backup purposes.

Move an existing profile or restore a backed up profile

It’s possible to move the location of a profile folder. This could be useful if you have a backed up profile folder somewhere on your hard drive and want to tell Thunderbird to use that as your profile. This section explains how to do this.

1. Shut down Thunderbird completely (File > Exit).
2. Move the profile folder to the desired location. For example, on Windows XP, move the profile from C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default to D:\Stuff\MyMailProfile. If you are reading these instructions because you want to restore a previously backed up profile, this step isn’t necessary. Just note the current location of the profile you want to restore.
3. Open up profiles.ini in a text editor. The file is located in the application data folder for Thunderbird:
   • On Windows Vista/XP/2000, the path is %AppData%\Thunderbird\
   • On Windows 95/98/Me, the path is usually C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Thunderbird\
   • On Linux, the path is ~/.thunderbird/
   • On Mac OS X, the path is ~/Library/Application Support/Thunderbird/
4. In profiles.ini, locate the entry for the profile you’ve just moved. Change the Path= line to the new location. IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you switch from a relative path to a non-relative one, the direction of the slashes may need to change (e.g. in Windows, non-relative paths use backslashes, whereas relative ones use forward slashes).
5. Change IsRelative=1 to IsRelative=0.
6. Save profiles.ini and restart Thunderbird.

Source: http://www.backuphowto.info/how-backup-windows-live-writer

Windows Live Writer is a blog writing tool. It provides a powerful editing environment, like a simple MS Word. You can use it to write on your own computer and after finishing a post just click the publish button. The post will be published.

If you are a blogger, you may know this software. It is a powerful utility for writing blogs. It supports many popular blogs API, such as WordPress, Blogger.com, etc.Windows Live Writer supports plugins. You can download some plugins to extend its functions. For example, highlighting your program code with Syntax Highlighting plugin. As a blogger, the articles are his life. To avoid your articles’ losing, you should backup them regularly.

Backing up your Live Writer data with Windows Live Writer Backup

Step 1. First, download this utility and install it. Click to download

Step 2. Start it from the Program menu. The interface looks very simple.

Windows Live Writer Backup Utility

Step 3. Choose what you want to backup. Here, "Blog settings" means your blog information, such as your blog name, address, account name and password, etc. Draft blogs are your posts that haven’t been published. After you make your choice, click "Backup" button and choose a backup file name. A .wlwbackup file will be generated.

Restoring Windows Live Writer

Just click the "Restore" button in the picture above. An "open file" dialog will popup to let you choose the backup file. Note that restoring will overwrite your current blog settings. Your unpublished posts that haven’t been backup up will be lost. To avoid the unfortunate thing, a warning dialog will popup. So please think it over before clicking "OK".

Source: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/smallbusiness/domains/domainfeatures/advanceddns/advanceddns-12.html

The service you purchased may include such features as domain forwarding, email, and a web site. Replacing Yahoo!’s name servers will render these features inactive. However, changing your name servers will not automatically cancel your service. You will continue to manage your WHOIS contact information through Yahoo!, and Yahoo! will continue to renew your annual domain registration.

Please note: Any changes that you make to your advanced DNS settings can interrupt your service. If you are not an advanced user, we strongly recommend that you not change these settings.

You can change your name servers using the "Change Name Servers" area of your Domain Control Panel.

To access the Domain Control Panel:

1. Sign in to your Business Control Panel. (If you have not yet signed in with your Yahoo! ID and password, you’ll be prompted to do so here.)
2. Once signed in, you will see modules for each of your domain names on the "Manage My Services" page. Select the "Domain Control Panel" link that corresponds to the domain whose record you wish to edit.

To change name servers:

1. Click the "Manage Advanced DNS Settings" link on your Domain Control Panel.
2. Click the "Change Name Servers" button.
3. Do one of the following:
   • Enter additional name server host names in the "Additional" fields.
   • Replace the primary and secondary name server host names with those of your new domain name host. (You may not need to enter the IP addresses of the name servers. In most cases, only the host name of the name servers is required.)
4. Click the "Submit" button.

You’ll return to the "Advanced DNS Settings" page, and your new name server will appear in the name servers list. While your changes will appear in the name servers within minutes, please be aware that it can take up to 72 hours for new records to propagate to all name servers on the Internet.

You can restore your name servers to their default settings on the "Advanced DNS Settings" page.

To restore name servers to their default settings:

1. Click the "Manage Advanced DNS Settings" link on your Domain Control Panel.
2. In the name servers section, click the "Reset to Default" button.
3. Confirm your choice by clicking "Reset to Default."

You’ll return to the "Advanced DNS Settings" page, and your name servers will have been restored to Yahoo!’s default settings. While your changes will appear in the name servers within minutes, please be aware that it can take up to 72 hours for new records to propagate to all name servers on the Internet.

Tip: If you decide to change your name servers, and you currently pay for a service other than Yahoo! Domains, you may want to consider downgrading your plan so as not to pay for services you have rendered inactive.

Network Cable Color Code Standards

COLOR-CODE STANDARDS
Last updated: 8/9/2004

Again, please bear with me…  Let’s start with simple pin-out diagrams of the two types of UTP Ethernet cables and watch how committees can make a can of worms out of them.  Here are the diagrams:

Note that the TX (transmitter) pins are connected to corresponding RX (receiver) pins, plus to plus and minus to minus.  And that  you must use a crossover cable to connect units with identical interfaces.  If you use a straight-through cable, one of the two units must, in effect, perform the cross-over function.

Two wire color-code standards apply: EIA/TIA 568A and EIA/TIA 568B. The codes are commonly depicted with RJ-45 jacks as follows (the view is from the front of the jacks):

If we apply the 568A color code and show all eight wires, our pin-out looks like this:

Note that pins 4, 5, 7, and 8 and the blue and brown pairs are not used in either standard.  Quite contrary to what you may read elsewhere, these pins and wires are not used or required to implement 100BASE-TX duplexing–they are just plain wasted.

However, the actual cables are not physically that simple.  In the diagrams, the orange pair of wires are not adjacent.  The blue pair is upside-down.  The right ends match RJ-45 jacks and the left ends do not.  If, for example, we invert the left side of the 568A "straight"-thru cable to match a 568A jack–put one 180° twist in the entire cable from end-to-end–and twist together and rearrange the appropriate pairs, we get the following can-of-worms:

This further emphasizes, I hope,  the importance of the word "twist" in making network cables which will work.  You cannot use an flat-untwisted telephone cable for a network cable.  Furthermore, you must use a pair of twisted wires to connect a set of transmitter pins to their corresponding receiver pins.  You cannot use a wire from one pair and another wire from a different pair.

Keeping the above principles in mind, we can simplify the diagram for a 568A straight-thru cable by untwisting  the wires, except the 180° twist in the entire cable, and bending the ends upward.  Likewise, if we exchange the green and orange pairs in the 568A diagram we will get a simplified diagram for a 568B straight-thru cable.  If we cross the green and orange pairs in the 568A diagram we will arrive at a simplified diagram for a crossover cable.  All three are shown below.

Backup your Email data – Microsoft Outlook 2007

1. The data is saved in a Personal Folder File (.pst) only if you are not using Microsoft Exchange account or Windows Live Mail account. For Microsoft Exchange Account or Windows Live Mail account your backup data is saved locally on your computer instead of the e-mail server.          

There are two .pst files, one is the personal folder file which includes all of your Outlook folders, such as the Inbox, Calendar, tasks and Contacts and the other is the Archive Folder which includes archive messages of your Outlook.

2. You can easily locate the data files in outlook 2007 using the following steps.

Go to Main Menu of Outlook 2007, Click File and select Data File Management and Account setting window will pop up. The other way is to click on Tools menu and select Account settings from the drop down menu.

3. Click on the Data Files tab. You may have a single data file or multiple data files. These are the Data Files, wherein you store your email messages, tasks, calendar, tasks and other items. 

4. Click on the Open Folder icon. Windows Explorer will be opened automatically and will take you to the location where this data file is stored. Now select the outlook.pst and archive.pst file you want to backup.

5. Now you can copy this file to any backup storage device. Make sure that your Outlook is closed before you backup these files.

Restore your Email data – Outlook 2007

Restoring is as simple as to backup your data.  All you have to do is copy the backup PST files into the folder that you located when you backed up your work initially.

Backup/Export Account Settings – Outlook 2007

1. Start > Run > type ‘regedit’
2. Locate the following path in your ‘Registry Editor’
3. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook

Now right click on the key outlook and select option: Export and save .pst files to your desired location. You can run the same file while restoring your outlook. This will restore your old outlook profile with all your email accounts settings and rules. You will need to enter your password as Password is not stored into .pst file.

It is difficult to locate the Personal folder files in the previous versions of Outlook; however it’s much simpler in Outlook 2007. Backing up and restoring data is easier, faster with the new outlook 2007.

The following is a list of locations where Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 saves information.

Some of the folders might be hidden folders. To display hidden folders, do the following:

• Windows Vista
  1. In Windows, click the Start button, and then click Control Panel.
  2. Click Appearance and Personalization.

Note   If you are using Control Panel Classic View, double-click Folder Options, and then continue with step 4.

1. Click Folder Options.
2. On the View tab, under Advanced settings, under Files and Folders, under Hidden files and folders, select Show hidden files and folders.
• Microsoft Windows XP
  1. Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel.
  2. Click Folder Options.

1. Click the View tab, and then click the Show hidden files and folders option.

Your configuration may not include all of the following files. Some files are created only when you customize Outlook features.

Personal Folders file (.pst)

Personal Folders files (.pst) contain your e-mail messages, calendars, contacts, tasks, and notes. You must use Outlook to work with the items in a .pst file.

When you archive Outlook information, items are saved in a .pst files.

Note   Microsoft Exchange Server accounts store your information on the mail server. For Cached Exchange Mode or to work offline, copies of your items are saved in an Offline Folders file (.ost). See the Offline Folders file (.ost) section for more information. Also, some organizations allow you to export or archive your items to a .pst file.

Windows Vista drive:\user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 drive:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Offline Folders file (.ost)

The .ost file is synchronized with the items on the server running Microsoft Exchange. Because your data remains on the Exchange server, you can recreate this .ost file on your new computer without having to back up the .ost file.

Windows Vista drive:\user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 drive:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Personal Address Book (.pab)

Windows Vista drive:\user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 drive:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Note   Personal Address Books (.pab) are no longer supported by Office Outlook 2007. When you upgrade to Office Outlook 2007, you are prompted to import any .pab file into Contacts. If you choose not to import the .pab file, you can import it later by using the Import and Export command on the File menu.

Offline Address Book (.oab)

The Office Address Book (.oab) is used by Microsoft Exchange Server accounts. The Offline Address Book contains the properties of a user, such as e-mail addresses, that Outlook requires in order to send an e-mail message and display information about the user. By using the Offline Address Book, Outlook does not have to connect to Exchange in order to resolve names or open the records for each user. This reduces network traffic and improves performance.

You do not need to back up or restore this file. This is file is created and updated by Outlook.

Windows Vista drive:\user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 drive:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Command bar and menu customizations (.dat)

Windows Vista drive:\user\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook\outcmd.dat

Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 drive:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\outcmd.dat

Navigation Pane settings (.xml)

Windows Vista drive:\user\AppData\Roaming\Outlook\profile name.xml

Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 drive:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\profile name.xml

This file includes Shortcuts, Calendar, and Contact links.

Registered Microsoft Exchange extensions (.dat)

Windows Vista drive:\user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 drive:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Outlook Contacts AutoComplete (.nk2)

AutoComplete is a feature which displays suggestions for names and e-mail addresses as you begin to type them. These suggestions are possible matches from a list of names and e-mail addresses that you have typed before, known as the AutoComplete name list.

Windows Vista drive:\user\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 drive:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Rules (.rwz)

Windows Vista drive:\<user\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 drive:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Note   If you upgraded to Office Outlook 2007 from a version of Outlook earlier than Microsoft Outlook 2002, you might have an .rwz file on your computer’s hard disk drive. The .rwz file is no longer needed, and the information about rules is now kept on the server running Microsoft Exchange, and in the Personal Folders file (.pst) (Personal Folders file (.pst): Data file that stores your messages and other items on your computer. You can assign a .pst file to be the default delivery location for e-mail messages. You can use a .pst to organize and back up items for safekeeping.) for POP3 (POP3: A common protocol that is used to retrieve e-mail messages from an Internet e-mail server.) and IMAP (IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol): Unlike Internet e-mail protocols such as POP3, IMAP creates folders on a server to store/organize messages for retrieval by other computers. You can read message headers only and select which messages to download.) e-mail accounts. So you can delete the file.

If you use the Rules Import and Export feature, the default location for .rwz files is drive:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents.

Print styles (Outlprnt with no extension)

Windows Vista drive:\user\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 drive:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Signatures (.rtf, .txt, .htm)

Windows Vista drive:\user\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures

Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 drive:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Microsoft\Signatures

Stationery (.htm)

Windows Vista drive:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Stationery

Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 drive:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Stationery

Custom forms

Windows Vista drive:\user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Forms

Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 drive:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Forms

Dictionary (.dic)

Windows Vista drive:\user\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UProof

Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 drive:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Microsoft\UProof

Templates (.oft)

Windows Vista drive:\user\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates

Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 drive:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

Send/Receive settings (.srs)

Windows Vista drive:\user\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 drive:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Message (.msg, .htm, .rtf)

Windows Vista drive:\user\Documents

Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 drive:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents

Just locate the following key in registry (start – run – regedit):

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook

Then right click on the key, outlook and select option, Export…save it anywhere you want…
and run it while restoring your outlook.

This will restore your old outlook profile with all email accounts and rules.
But, you will have to enter passwords for the accounts again. It does not store the user passwords.

Source: http://webdesign.about.com/cs/apache/a/aainstallapache.htm

Before You Begin

Apache is one of the most popular Web servers on the Web right now, and part of its charm is that it’s free. It also has a lot of features that make it very extensible and useful for many different types of Web sites. It is a server that is used for personal Web pages up to enterprise level sites.

This article will discuss how to install Apache on a Linux system. Before we start you should be at least comfortable working in Linux – changing directories, using tar and gunzip, and compiling with make (I’ll discuss where to get binaries if you don’t want to mess with compiling your own). You should also have access to the root account on the server machine.

Download Apache

I recommend downloading the latest stable release. At the time of this writing, that was Apache 2.0. The best place to get Apache is from the Apache HTTP Server download site. Download the sources appropriate to your system. Binary releases are available as well.

Extract the Files

Once you’ve downloaded the files you need to uncompress them and untarring:
  gunzip -d httpd-2_0_NN.tar.gz
  tar xvf httpd-2_0_NN.tar
This creates a new directory under the current directory with the source files.

Configuring

Once you’ve got the files, you need to tell your machine where to find everything by configuring the source files. The easiest way is to accept all the defaults and just type:
  ./configure

Of course, most people don’t want to accept just the default choices. The most important option is the prefix= option. This specifies the directory where the Apache files will be installed. You can also set specific environment variables and modules. Some of the modules I like to have installed are:

• mod_alias – to map different parts of the URL tree
• mod_include – to parse Server Side Includes
• mod_mime – to associate file extensions with its MIME-type
• mod_rewrite – to rewrite URLs on the fly
• mod_speling (sic) – to help your readers who might misspell URLs
• mod_ssl – to allow for strong cryptography using SSL
• mod_userdir – to allow system users to have their own Web page directories

Please keep in mind that these aren’t all the modules I might install on a given system. Read the details about the modules to determine which ones you need.

Build

As with any source installation, you’ll then need to build the installation:
  make
  make install

Customize

Assuming that there were no problems, you are ready to customize your Apache configuration. This really just amounts to editing the httpd.conf file. This file is located in the PREFIX/conf directory. I generally edit it with vi:
  vi PREFIX/conf/httpd.conf
Note: you’ll need to be root to edit this file.

Follow the instructions in this file to edit your configuration the way you want it. More help is available on the Apache Web site.

Test Your Server

Open a Web browser on the same machine and type http://localhost/ in the address box. You should see a page similar to the one in the partial screen shot above. Specifically, it will say in big letters "Seeing this instead of the website you expected?" This is good news, as it means your server installed correctly.

Start Editing/Uploading Pages

Once your server is up and running you can start posting pages. Have fun building your Web site.

Web Design Path

Professional Web Developers

Suggested Reading

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More Apache Help

How to Install Apache on Windows 
More Apache Resources
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Source: http://www.linuxmail.info/how-to-install-centos-4-linux

After getting a copy of the CentOS 4 Linux or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, the steps below describes how to install it from scratch.

1. Boot your computer from the CentOS 4 CD 1 and press Enter on the CentOS boot up screen. This will install CentOS in graphical mode.

2. Choose Skip in the CD Found window. This will skip the CD media test.

3. Click Next in the Welcome to CentOS-4 i386 window.

4. Choose a language in the Language Selection window and click Next.

5. Choose a keyboard in the Keyboard Configuration window and click Next.

6. Choose Server in the Installation Type window and click Next.

7. Click Next in the Disk Partitioning Setup window and answer Yes on the Warning window.

8. Click Next in the Automatic Partitioning window and answer Yes on the Warning window.

9. Click Next in the Disk Setup window.

The automatically generated partitions works fine but you can fine tune it from this window. Learn more about Linux partitions here.

10. Click Next in the Boot Loader Configuration window.

11. Configure your network setting in the Network Configuration window.

Let’s say you have a network settings like the one below

Host Name

mail.acme.local

IP Address

192.168.0.4

Subnet Mask

255.255.255.0

Gateway

192.168.0.1

Primary DNS

192.168.0.1

Secondary DNS

192.168.0.2

Tertiary DNS

192.168.0.3

First, click the Edit button. In the Edit Interface eth0 window, uncheck the Configure using DHCP and fill up the IP Address and Netmask. Click OK when you’re done.

Next fill in the rest of the information in the Network Configuration window. Click Next when you’re done.

12. Set Enable SELinux? to Disabled and click Next on the Firewall Configuration window.

It is important to disable Security Enhanced Linux. Setting it to disabled does not make your system any less secure, but it will make your system more predictable. Otherwise, you might find your self spending hours fixing problems caused by it. Here’s one example from the Red Hat Knowledgebase.

13. Choose the default language for your system and add any other languages in the Additional Language Support window. Click Next when you’re done.

14. Choose a time zone in the Time Zone Selection window and click Next when you’re done.

15. In the Set Root Password window, specify a strong password at least six characters long and click Next when you’re done.

16. In the Package Group Selection window, check the following packages to add it to the installation

• X Window System
• Gnome Desktop Environment
• Graphical Internet
• Mail Server
• Development Tools

Click Details corresponding to X Window System and check system-switch-mail-gnome.

Click Details corresponding to Mail Server and check postfix and squirrelmail

17. Click Next in the About to Install window. It will show you the CDs required, click Continue to proceed. This will start the installation process.

18. Congratulations, the installation is complete. Remove the CD and click Reboot to proceed to configuration.