The CentOS development team is pleased to announce the release of CentOS 5 (Beta) for i386 and x86_64.
It is available via beta.CentOS.org mirrors and bittorrent.
This release corresponds to the upstream vendor EL5 beta2 release.
NOTE: This software is BETA and should be treated as such. It is for testing purposes only. Please ensure it meets your needs completely before using in a production environment.
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Please see the CentOS specific release notes here: http://beta.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html
CentOS specific release notes talk about changes in the CentOS RPMS as compared to upstream, etc.
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The upstream release notes can be viewed at:
i386: http://beta.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/NOTES/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html
x86_64: http://beta.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/NOTES/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html
for other languages, see: http://beta.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/NOTES/ http://beta.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/
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Documentation and a deployment guide are available here:
============================================================ ISOs may be downloaded here (DVD is currently available only as a Bittorrent download):
http://beta.centos.org/centos/4.92/isos/
ISOs may also be purchased from some of our official vendors:
Has ISOs now: http://www.cheeplinux.com/
Official Vendors page {Others there may have CentOS 5 (Beta) soon}: http://www.centos.org/vendors/
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Bugs may be reported at:
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To stay current with CentOS:
Visit our website at http://www.centos.org
Join the CentOS mailing list at: http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Join various team members on IRC at irc.freenode.net #centos
Enjoy,
The CentOS Development Team _______________________________________________ CentOS-announce mailing list CentOS-announce@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce
Thank you, this is good news. Am I correct in thinking that I will not be able to upgrade a CentOS 5 Beta machine to CentOS 5 Final?
Once again, a thank you to the CentOS team.
On Mar 13, 2007, at 8:30 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
The CentOS development team is pleased to announce the release of CentOS 5 (Beta) for i386 and x86_64.
It is available via beta.CentOS.org mirrors and bittorrent.
This release corresponds to the upstream vendor EL5 beta2 release.
NOTE: This software is BETA and should be treated as such. It is for testing purposes only. Please ensure it meets your needs completely before using in a production environment.
============================================================
Please see the CentOS specific release notes here: http://beta.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html
CentOS specific release notes talk about changes in the CentOS RPMS as compared to upstream, etc.
============================================================
The upstream release notes can be viewed at:
i386: http://beta.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/NOTES/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html
x86_64: http://beta.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/NOTES/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html
for other languages, see: http://beta.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/NOTES/ http://beta.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/
============================================================
Documentation and a deployment guide are available here:
============================================================ ISOs may be downloaded here (DVD is currently available only as a Bittorrent download):
http://beta.centos.org/centos/4.92/isos/
ISOs may also be purchased from some of our official vendors:
Has ISOs now: http://www.cheeplinux.com/
Official Vendors page {Others there may have CentOS 5 (Beta) soon}: http://www.centos.org/vendors/
============================================================
Bugs may be reported at:
============================================================
To stay current with CentOS:
Visit our website at http://www.centos.org
Join the CentOS mailing list at: http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Join various team members on IRC at irc.freenode.net #centos
Enjoy,
The CentOS Development Team _______________________________________________ CentOS-announce mailing list CentOS-announce@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On Mar 13, 2007, at 10:18 AM, Mezei Zoltán wrote:
Sean Brown wrote:
Thank you, this is good news. Am I correct in thinking that I will not be able to upgrade a CentOS 5 Beta machine to CentOS 5 Final?
Just read the release notes, there is the answer.
Zizi
I'd love to, but I'm getting the same access denied as many others. I can download the isos, but not read the release notes.
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Sean Brown wrote:
Sean Brown wrote:
Thank you, this is good news. Am I correct in thinking that I will not be able to upgrade a CentOS 5 Beta machine to CentOS 5 Final?
Just read the release notes, there is the answer.
Zizi
I'd love to, but I'm getting the same access denied as many others. I can download the isos, but not read the release notes.
http://beta.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html
Upgrade path to Release Final
We don't know whats in the Final release ( if you do, please let us know - it will help save time when release time comes around and I promise to buy you a few beers ) - so the best guess situation applies here. It *should* be possible to upgrade to final from this beta, but in some cases it might break so your deployment and usage of this beta should take that into consideration.
The only upgrade path tested and known to mostly work for upgrading from CentOS-4 to CentOS-5/Beta is via the installer. Running yum against the CentOS-5/Beta repo's might work or it might not. We do encourage you to try it and post feedback on the wiki.centos.org/ so that others might learn from your mistakes. ( http://wiki.centos.org/Migration/5 )
Zizi
Could someone post a link to the bittorrent info for CentOS 5 (Beta). I must have missed it.
On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 10:47:06AM -0500, Styma, Robert E (Robert) enlightened us:
Could someone post a link to the bittorrent info for CentOS 5 (Beta). I must have missed it.
The .torrent files are in the isos directory on beta.centos.org
Matt
The .torrent files are in the isos directory on beta.centos.org
Thank you. I had not realized that 4.92 and 5 (beta) were the same. On the web page, the 5 link has the same timestamp as the 4.92 link. The 5 link gives a not authorized. I am wondering if the 5 link is a soft link to the 4.92 directory. Following soft links is an option on most web servers. Maybe it is turned off on this one which would cause some of the confusion I have seen on this thread.
Bob Styma
Styma, Robert E (Robert) wrote:
The .torrent files are in the isos directory on beta.centos.org
Thank you. I had not realized that 4.92 and 5 (beta) were the same. On the web page, the 5 link has the same timestamp as the 4.92 link. The 5 link gives a not authorized. I am wondering if the 5 link is a soft link to the 4.92 directory. Following soft links is an option on most web servers. Maybe it is turned off on this one which would cause some of the confusion I have seen on this thread.
I expect the 5 entry is a place-holder for the Real Thing. You could try the .torrent files daily (surely once is enough) until you get them....
-----Original Message-----
From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On
Behalf Of John Summerfield
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 3:14 PM
To: CentOS mailing list
Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 (Beta) for i386 and x86_64 is released
I expect the 5 entry is a place-holder for the Real Thing. You could
try
the .torrent files daily (surely once is enough) until you get
them....
When I looked at the 5 link, it had nothing, not even an isos directory. The 4.92 has the beta.
mhr
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Mark Hull-Richter wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On
Behalf Of John Summerfield
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 3:14 PM
To: CentOS mailing list
Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 (Beta) for i386 and x86_64 is released
I expect the 5 entry is a place-holder for the Real Thing. You could
try
the .torrent files daily (surely once is enough) until you get
them....
When I looked at the 5 link, it had nothing, not even an isos directory. The 4.92 has the beta.
5 should just be a symlink to 4.92 ???
So please advise what ip you are looking at for beta.centos.org
Thanks
Lance
mhr
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-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Lance Davis Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 4:10 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: RE: [CentOS] CentOS 5 (Beta) for i386 and x86_64 is released
5 should just be a symlink to 4.92 ???
So please advise what ip you are looking at for beta.centos.org
Thanks
Lance
Sorry, I don't remember - I pulled down the DVD iso and threw away the torrent file. Didn't realize it was supposed to be that way (wasn't clear from other traffic in this email).
I will be more careful in the future....
mhr
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Sean Brown wrote:
On Mar 13, 2007, at 10:18 AM, Mezei Zoltán wrote:
Sean Brown wrote:
Thank you, this is good news. Am I correct in thinking that I will not be able to upgrade a CentOS 5 Beta machine to CentOS 5 Final?
Just read the release notes, there is the answer.
Zizi
I'd love to, but I'm getting the same access denied as many others. I can download the isos, but not read the release notes.
If you are still having problems with beta.centos.org then please post the ip address that it maps to that is giving the issues.
Lance
-- uklinux.net - The ISP of choice for the discerning Linux user.
Sean Brown wrote:
Thank you, this is good news. Am I correct in thinking that I will not be able to upgrade a CentOS 5 Beta machine to CentOS 5 Final?
Red Hat's stance is generally, "This is not supported," or "This is not supported but it might work." The latter I've seen in a recent beta, might even have been RHEL5 beta, with the further note that "if it doesn't work, tell us."
If you try really hard, I'm sure you can. I managed to get an FC3 system to Nahant-clone (self-built) without even rebooting for the purpose, but that was highly unofficial.
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