Preparing a bootable USB

Step 1: Now, Connect the USB flash drive to your system.

Step 2: Use a tool like an etcher or UNetbootin, etc to flash the drive.

Note: To enter the BIOS a special hotkey is required, this key can differ from manufacturer to manufacturer and model to model. For example, the hp laptop uses F10 and ESC keys as its primary hotkeys for the step.

CentOS is a popular open-source Linux distribution aimed at servers and provides compatibility with Red Hat’s RPM package manager. It is built with the goal of providing a stable operating system that provided great compatibility with the upstream RHEL (Red hat enterprise  Linux) CentOS is therefore one of the best free Linux distributions to utilize in server space.

Installation is divided into three parts :

• ISO Download
• Preparing a bootable USB
• Final Setup