Kenny,
Following your steps I am stuck at Go to http://hadoop.apache.org/releases.html#Download Needless to say I need a ton of help. Even after I did or thought I did, I can't seem to access the internet. A ping to google got me into an endless loop. I don't have a gui. Can I access a web site from CentOs without the gui. I searched the internet for help but to no avail. I used if up eth0 to get on the network. eht1 doesn't work. Please help, I don't want a failing grade for the group project.