The CentOS team is happy to announce the availability of CentOS-4.0 (RC1) for x86_64. This product supports AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon64, AMD AthlonFX and Intel EM64T CPU based computers.
A bittorent for the 4 CD binary installation set (in .iso format ) is available from:
http://beta.centos.org/centos/4.0beta/isos/x86_64/CentOS-4.0.rc1-x86_64-bin1...
The only way to download ISO's is via bittorrent. Please leave your download client running after the download is complete (with ports 6881-6889 open) as your client will become part of the peer to peer bittorrent network and reduce the load on our network mirrors. If you need some quick pointers for getting up to speed on bittorrent read:
http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=24
The mirrors that host the OS tree are currently syncing. However, the BitTorrent is live now.
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NOTE: This is a Release Candidate distribution build and may not be suitable for use in production environments. We encourage you to provide feedback on this build via the Mailing Lists.
However, any errors or bugs you encounter should be reported to us via bugzilla on http://www.centos.org/bugs
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RC1 - Expected life span is 14 days from Release. Within this time period we expect to move to a Final Release. Unless there are any urgent security issues, there will be no package update provided for RC1.
If you are currently running CentOS4/Beta x86_64 you should take a look at the release notes at : http://beta.centos.org/centos/4.0beta/os/x86_64/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html, before attempting an upgrade.
We are working on an upgrade path from CentOS3 to CentOS4. Once complete, it will be posted into the Mailing Lists as well as posted online at www.centos.org
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There are no known issues. The system installers have been tested extensively in house by the CentOS developers and Testers. Known good install methods include CD-Rom, HTTP, FTP, PXE, NFS and local Hard Drive based.
All known fixes and updates released have been incorporated into the main package tree.
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Enjoy,
The CentOS Team