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Hello Im trying to follow a basic udacity course as an introduction to linux and ive told virtualbox where my iso is.

I am trying to install Centos 8

If you see the screenshot I have attached it suggests that I need to download the iso and put it on some kind of web based storage?

Does anyone have a suggestion please?

Thanks
Sas

What happens it you select Red Hat CDN? That seems the obvious choice if you have the CD mounted in the vm.

nothing happens if i click red hat cdn makes no difference

Which CentOS iso are you trying use?

1. CentOS-8.1.1911-x86_64-boot.iso (around 7GB) , or
2. CentOS-8.1.1911-x86_64-dvd1.iso (around 9.5 GB)

1. is only for a network based installation, i.e. it needs the PC to have access to a physical Network, which provides access to 'local' network software repositories for additional software/updates. That could explain what you are seeing.
2. is for a standard a Desktop Installation and only requires 'normal' internet access.

sorry it was my fault i downloaded the wrong iso and was trying to work with the stream one where it downloads the os from the internet

This can be marked as solved now

Thanks for reporting back. It happens to us all from time to time

Hope the course goes well.