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CentOS 3.4 - i386 release
by Lance Davis 11 Jan '05

11 Jan '05

For Release: January 10, 2005 The CentOS Team is pleased to announce the official release of CentOS 3.4 for i386. This release includes all RHEL 3 updates (for U4) and errata up to January 5th, 2005. New ISO images are available as well as an installable DVD edition with source. In addition this release is available via BitTorrent. Downloading -- Bittorrent ------------------------- Bittorrents of a DVD image , binary iso's, and source iso's are available as follow: dvd iso http://mirror.centos.org/centos/3.4/isos/i386/CentOS-3.4-i386-dvd.iso.torre… 3 binary iso's http://mirror.centos.org/centos/3.4/isos/i386/CentOS-3.4-i386-discs1-3.torr… 3 source iso's http://mirror.centos.org/centos/3.4/isos/i386/CentOS-3.4-i386-src1-3.torrent Please use bittorrent and keep your downloader running for others to use even after the download completes. If you need to install bittorrent for CentOS, rpms are available from Dag's repository. http://dag.wieers.com/packages/bittorrent/bittorrent-3.4.2-1.1.el3.rf.noarc… An earlier version of bittorrent is also available in the CentOS 3.3 <contrib> repo - which may be installed using 'yum install bittorrent' - a gui version is also available - 'yum install bittorrent-gui' Then execute btdownloadcurses.py <url to .torrent file> in a shell. (or btdownloadgui.py for the gui) You may need to open ports 6881-6889 and 6969 if you have tight firewall restrictions. The .torrent files are also available on all caosity mirrors. Once again - please leave your downloader running after the download is complete (with ports 6881-6889 open) as your downloader will become part of the peer to peer bittorrent network and reduce the load on our mirror servers. Further information on bittorrent is available at http://bittorrent.com Downloading -- .iso images ------------------------- iso images are available from your favorite CentOS mirror as well. A current list of mirrors can be obtained from http://www.centos.org/mirrors Purchasing ---------- isos are available to purchse from www.cheeplinux.com (UK) and should also be available from a number of other online vendors. Upgrade Notes ------------- Initially CentOS 3.3 systems will not be automatically upgraded to CentOS 3.4. However in 72-96 hours from this announcment the centos-release rpm for 3.4 will be added to the 3.3 tree and that will force automatic upgrades when using yum. If you do NOT want to upgrade then exclude centos-release from updates in your yum.conf. We will try to maintain security updates for CentOS 3.3 for as long as there are no issues that mean they cant be used (eg 3.4 specific dependency issue) -- but as soon as that happens we will have to close the CentOS 3.3 tree. From this point forward $releasever will stay at 3. When 3.5 is released systems will automatically get updated. To prevent this you will need to hard code 3.4 in yum.conf in place of $releasever. To manually upgrade to CentOS-3.4 (now) --------------------------------------- first rpm -ivh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/3.4/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS/centos-yumcache-3.1… (to avoid the header downloads) (Note: If you had poreviously upgraded from CentOS 3.1 then you will already have a cento s-yumcache rpm installed and rpm will complain , in which case use rpm -Fvh) rpm -Fvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/3.4/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS/centos-release-3-4.… (to get the new releasever) then yum update To automatically upgrade to CentOS 3.4 (from 72-96 hours time) ------------------------------------------------------ We recommend that you install centos-yumcache before updating as it will save all the header downloading. yum install centos-yumcache yum update centos-release yum update Otherwise yum will take two update cycles to perform the update, the first will update centos-release and the second will download all the headers and then update all the packages. CENTOSPLUS ---------- The new CentOSplus repo is designed to allow us to provide extended functionality to CentOS without compromising compatibility with Redhat Enterprise Linux. Packages that will live in CentOSplus - such as MySQL-4 - would update packages in the base distro, so it is only recommended that you enable CentOSplus in yum.conf when you are sure that is what you want. The difference between CentOSplus and 'extras' is that 'extras' are additional packages that are not already installed, so would not update existing packages beyond Rhel-3 , but provide extra functionality. It is hoped that there will be a wide range of CentOSplus packages provided in the future. RELEASE NOTES & CAVEATS ----------------------- -- YUM -- Your yum.conf should not get overwritten by the upgrade, but the new version may get written as yum.conf.rpmnew If your /etc/yum.conf file is a symlink to centos-yum.conf and you have manually edited centos-yum.conf, your centos-yum.conf file will be replaced by a new centos-yum.conf from the centos-yumconf rpm file in CentOS 3.4. Your existing centos-yum.conf file will be saved as yum.conf-SAVE. The following changes have been made tp the default centos-yum.conf :- Reference to the CentOSplus repository has been added (see below) but is not activated. The download path has changed from /centos-3/$releasever to /centos/$releasever to allow for update to CentOS-4 and later versions without having to change the configuration file. If you have edited yum.conf then neither of these changes will prevent it working but you would be advised to make them to avoid future problems. -- CENTOS-RELEASE RPM -- In order to accomodate compatibility with Dag's and other 3rd party repositories, the naming convention of centos-release has been changed. The version is now 3 (rather than 3.3) and will remain fixed $releasever used by yum) for the life of CentOS 3. The first number of the release will now carry the designation of the edition. For example, CentOS 3.4 ships with centos-release-3-4.2. The version is 3 and the release is 4.2. Compare this with the centos-release from the prior version: centos-release-3.3-1. yum detected $releasever as 3.3. Dag's excellent repository of Enterprise Linux RPMS. can be found at http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/ -- RPM -- Due to an upstream bug that causes RPM to fail and requires manual elimination of the RPM database, CentOS 3.4 ships with the RPM used in CentOS 3.3. When the upstream providor releases a patched RPM the CentOS team will follow suit. CentOS 3.4 ships with rpm-4.2.3-10 as did CentOS 3.3 rather than rpm-4.3.3-13 provided with rhel3 U4. (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=143532) -- MAILMAN -- CentOS 3.4 now ships with mailman as released by RedHat with quarterly Update 4 (U4). However the CentOS 3.4 verion is NOT compatible with the version available via CentOS 3.3 Extras. Since you can't read the Mailman upgrade documentation, we have made the upgrade notes available on the CentOS website. Read them here http://www.centos.org/mailman Databases will need to be manually updated per the instructions above. If want to avoid upgrading Mailman at this time, then temporarily exclude mailman from updates in your yum.conf until you are happy with the upgrade. No further updates to the 3.3 version of mailman will be released by the CentOS team. ------------ To stay up to date with CentOS join the CentOS mailing list at http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Join #centos at irc.freenode.net Or participate in the web forums at www.centos.org Please add any errors or bugs you encounter to buzilla on http://www.centos.org/bugs. Enjoy, The CentOS Team Lance Davis CentOS 3 i386 Release Manager

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3.3 -> 3.4 transition
by Joe Pruett 11 Jan '05

11 Jan '05

maybe some of the 3.4 beta discussion has covered this, i wasn't watching it too closely. what is going to be the process to convert a system from 3.3 to 3.4? will a simple yum update work? or do we have to do something more intentional to make it happen? how does redhat handle u3->u4 updates? i assume that since u4 has been published that security patches from rh will only apply to u4? or do they also supply security patches for u3 for some period of time?

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Release Announcement: CentOS 3.4 ia64 rc1
by donavan nelson 11 Jan '05

11 Jan '05

The CentOS team has released the first RC (release candidate) for CentOS 3.4 ia64. This product supports Intel Itanium2 processors. This release is available via Bittorrent at this time. http://beta.centos.org/centos-3/3.4beta/isos/ia64/CentOS-3.4-rc1-ia64-binar… This is a RC and not suitable for use in production tasks. Please add any errors or bugs you encounter to bugzilla on http://www.centos.org/bugs. --------------------- To stay up to date with CentOS join the CentOS mailing list at http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Join #centos at irc.freenode.net Or participate in the web forums at www.centos.org Enjoy, The CentOS Team

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OT -- Inexpensive CentOS dedicated servers?
by Ryan Lane 11 Jan '05

11 Jan '05

Hey all, I am looking to get some input regarding inexpensive dedicated servers -- preferably with a hosting company the offers CentOS as an OS option. Does anybody have any input or recommendations? I'd really like to support a company that uses CentOS. And there are _so many options out there, is kind of overwhelming. Thanks, Ryan

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re:[Centos] The new CentOS3.4 version
by cweisiger＠i-55.com 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

OK, disregard the previous email from me..although some might be replying by now....i found the email regarding the official release of 3.4.....for some reason or another i could view the email properly....so i read up on it and all my questions were answered....sorry about the previous email....

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HP switch and e1000 install
by Bill Wichser 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

There appears to be an issue with installation over an HP switch. Upon bootup, the network driver resets twice which somehow never allows the client to ask and therefore receive it's MAC address. This follows the RH bug : https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=110036 Installation via a directly attached cable to the head node works fine. I have emailed the Beowulf list in hopes that the problem was in some configuration of the switch but have recently come across this bug report and it appears that the symptoms are the same. Are there any plans to roll these patches into CentOS 3.3 (x86_64) in the near future? Thanks, Bill

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Is 3.4 the same as 3.3 with all updates?
by WipeOut 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

I guess the subject says it all.. :) I am still new to Centos so I am not sure on the upgrade path and what is the best way to stay up to date.. Will updates for 3.3 still be added to the yum repo or do I need to upgrade/update my system to 3.4? Thanks

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2.6 kernel on CentOS-3.3
by Tru Huynh 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

Hi I am happy to share a "proof of concept" for a centos-3.3 (not yet 3.4 ready) x86 and x86_64 distributions running either 2.4 and 2.6 linux kernels. This is not an official statement of the CentOS team! <include std disclaimer> don't complain if this howto eats your machine ;) It works for me and the src.rpm are provided. </include> <blurb> In order to have a 2.6 kernel on CentOS-3, one need to upgrade a few packages: at least module-init-tools, sysstat, initscripts... But in order to keep a 2.4 kernel happy, you must keep modutils around. I have repacked both modutils AND module-init-tools in the same package and it is providing both. mkinitrd needs to copy both insmod(module-init-tools) and insmod.old (modutils) into your initrd, since you can use either 2.4 or 2.6 kernel. the initscripts_26 is trying to get the initialisation for both series (there is much room for improvememt). A prebuild linux 2.6.10-ac8 kernel is there too, but you don't need it, since you can compile your own. I did not make a mandatory requirement for such a package. /etc/modprobe.conf is autogenerated, but some modules could have changed name, so have a look at it! all the files are here: ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/BIS/tru/2.6_CentOS-3/yum </blurb> <howto> 1) wget ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/BIS/tru/2.6_CentOS-3/yum.conf.mini use sudo or become root 2) yum -c yum.conf.mini -y update 3) yum -c yum.conf.mini -y install initscripts_26 either install you own linux-2.6.x kernel or 4a) yum -c yum.conf.mini -y install linux linux-doc 4b) yum -c yum.conf.mini -y install linux-smp 4c) yum -c yum.conf.mini -y install linux-source reboot </howto> references: - gmk has provided a one way 2.4 ->2.6 http://altruistic.lbl.gov/lbnl - http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5793467888.html - linux src.rpm is a steal for the cAos-2 + update to 2.6.10-ac8 Best regards, Tru -- Dr Tru Huynh | http://www.pasteur.fr/recherche/unites/Binfs/ mailto:tru@pasteur.fr | tel/fax +33 1 45 68 87 37/19 Institut Pasteur, 25-28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris CEDEX 15 France

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vim update for CentOS-3.3 x86_64
by Tru Huynh( CentOS key) 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

Greatings, vim update for x86_64 are now available. ref: [RHSA-2005:010-01] Updated VIM packages fix security vulnerability https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-010.html ...centos-3/3.3/updates/x86_64/ bbc554b195a3dff7feed456acd9199e8 RPMS/vim-common-6.3.046-0.30E.1.x86_64.rpm a59303d90e1c0e9c8e40d8dfb4665322 RPMS/vim-enhanced-6.3.046-0.30E.1.x86_64.rpm 112be74a11c662fe4f0ef8a7e9c60a07 RPMS/vim-minimal-6.3.046-0.30E.1.x86_64.rpm 044ebe66d069a1c876132e149db81d8f RPMS/vim-X11-6.3.046-0.30E.1.x86_64.rpm a750f99a52a5e940feba5c81dc356f46 SRPMS/vim-6.3.046-0.30E.1.src.rpm Best regards, Tru Huynh

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RE: [Centos] OT -- Inexpensive CentOS dedicated servers?
by Mark A. Lewis 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

http://www.layeredtech.com I have a box with them and have been very happy sofar. They offer CentOS. -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)caosity.org [mailto:centos-bounces@caosity.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Lane Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 10:19 AM To: centos(a)caosity.org Subject: [Centos] OT -- Inexpensive CentOS dedicated servers? Hey all, I am looking to get some input regarding inexpensive dedicated servers -- preferably with a hosting company the offers CentOS as an OS option. Does anybody have any input or recommendations? I'd really like to support a company that uses CentOS. And there are _so many options out there, is kind of overwhelming. Thanks, Ryan _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)caosity.org http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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