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UseĀ cat /etc/os-release to determine version of Linux
Use cd /mnt/<drive> to access Windows drive
Use rm -R -f * to delete everything and all subdirectories
Use cp -r -a <source path>/* <target path> to copy everything from <source path> to <target path>
To ensure you can get access to things like the JDK, MySQL, and Netbeans through yum, install the package epel-release