recap:
use CentOS-4.3.ServerCD-i386.iso
http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/centos/4.3/isos/i386/CentOS-4.3.ServerCD-i386.iso
raid5.
3x as raid5 with one hot spare.
filesystems:
*NO* lvm. delete all thats in the filesystem (setup manually when it asks instead of autoatically).
/ filesystem, ext3 and 1GB or more.
/tmp filesystem, ext3 and 256MB or more
/boot filesystem, ext3 and 256MB or more
/var filesystem, ext3 and 1GB or more
/usr filesystem, ext3 and 2GB or more.
2GB to swap partition
/vz is the rest. this filesystem *must* be reiserfs due to inodes on ext3.
when it asks to customise install, go for it and untick webserver etc all
just leave the basic admin tools and network drivers.