On 10/18/2018 03:18 PM, Elliott Balsley wrote:
From a end state perspective, it does not matter . . yum update after the install (of either) ends at exactly the same place.
I will not be running any updates, because I need to keep a specific old version for software compatibility. I don't know which ISO the USB stick was made from.
Also, a 'uname -a' from the command prompt will tell you ..
This would be perfect; how do you get to a shell from the installer? I only see the option to install.
That is also the only version which is tested at any point in time.
(latest + all updates)
Tested by whom? Each software vendor may test and recommend differently.
I am talking about the CentOS Team .. The CentOS Project only tests CentOS-7 (or CentOS-6) as the latest version with all updates installed.
We do not maintain any older versions .. so the only valid install is the latest tree with a yum update run.
If you look on mirror.centos.org in any path other than the LATEST for each major version, you will see this:
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7.4.1708/
(that is from 7.4.1708 branch)
It says this:
======================================== This directory (and version of CentOS) is deprecated. For normal users, you should use /7/ and not /7.4.1708/ in your path. Please see this FAQ concerning the CentOS release scheme:
https://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General
If you know what you are doing, and absolutely want to remain at the 7.4.1708 level, go to http://vault.centos.org/ for packages.
Please keep in mind that 7.4.1708 no longer gets any updates, nor any security fix's. =========================================