Nothing. It bundles all of the tools/apps required onto one CD. If you're not looking for any 'extras', then the server CD is fine. Ourselves, we typically only use the first ISO and select minimum install for our servers.

Dan Bulmer CRUSE Hosting Services www.crusehosting.com

-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of C.. Scott Heisler Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 12:05 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: RE: [CentOS] 4.3 ServerCD

I hate to sound like an idiot... or ask a dumb question... however I must. I've used the standard CD set and picked the "SERVER" option. What does the "ServerCD" provide that is not part of the standard set?

Thanks. Scott

----- Original Message ----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org on behalf of Karanbir Singh Sent: Fri, 5/12/2006 7:36pm To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] 4.3 ServerCD

Michael Grinnell wrote:

I'm building some new servers next week, and I'm wondering if I should wait for the 4.3 ServerCD or just use the 4.2 ServerCD. Is there an ETA on 4.3?

ETA: Monday morning UK time, for the i386 one. x86_64 should follow in a days time.

On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 01:07 -0500, C.. Scott Heisler wrote:

Does anyone know why the install CD set request the 1st CD during the loading of files from the 4th cd and then goes back to completing the setup on the 4th cd?

This started with the 4.2 version I believe (at least that's when I first noticed it) and I thought it was strange. Now the 4.3 set does the same thing and I was wondering why.

Thanks. Scott

Anaconda picks the package order based on priority settings, dependency processing, etc.

There is a file (comps-CENTOSxxxxx.rpm) that world normally be on CD-4 ... it is moved to CD-1 because it is part of every install and we would like the minimal install to be self containing on CD-1.

If we did not do this, a minimal install would require downloading disc 1 and disc 4.

It (comps) gets installed at different times in the install, based on what packages you have (and it's calculated order in the install) ... and during that time, it will ask you to put CD-1 back in. Depending on the install you do and the packages, it may come after CD-1 is normally done.

We believe one switch during install is better than 2 discs for every install, even a minimum one ... so that is why it currently works that way.

Johnny,

Thanks for the thorough explanation. That makes a great deal of sense as a 1-disk install is very desirable for many people.

Thanks. Scott

-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Johnny Hughes Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 4:17 AM To: CentOS ML Subject: Re: [CentOS] CD #1 & 4 flip-flop

On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 01:07 -0500, C.. Scott Heisler wrote:

Does anyone know why the install CD set request the 1st CD during the

loading of files from the 4th cd and then goes back to completing the setup on the 4th cd?

This started with the 4.2 version I believe (at least that's when I first

noticed it) and I thought it was strange. Now the 4.3 set does the same thing and I was wondering why.

Thanks. Scott

Anaconda picks the package order based on priority settings, dependency processing, etc.

There is a file (comps-CENTOSxxxxx.rpm) that world normally be on CD-4 ... it is moved to CD-1 because it is part of every install and we would like the minimal install to be self containing on CD-1.

If we did not do this, a minimal install would require downloading disc 1 and disc 4.

It (comps) gets installed at different times in the install, based on what packages you have (and it's calculated order in the install) ... and during that time, it will ask you to put CD-1 back in. Depending on the install you do and the packages, it may come after CD-1 is normally done.

We believe one switch during install is better than 2 discs for every install, even a minimum one ... so that is why it currently works that way.

you can install 4.2 and then simply um update to 4.3 when it's released..then you don't have to wait..:)

Michael Grinnell wrote:

Thanks a lot!

Michael Grinnell

On May 12, 2006, at 8:32 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote:

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Michael Grinnell wrote:

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I'm building some new servers next week, and I'm wondering if I should wait for the 4.3 ServerCD or just use the 4.2 ServerCD. Is there an ETA on 4.3?

ETA: Monday morning UK time, for the i386 one. x86_64 should follow in a days time.

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On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 15:20 -0400, Chris Mauritz wrote:

I guess I've missed something. When you say "4.3 server CD" what are you referring to? I've been using the 4.3 DVD iso's without incident. Is this some sort of stripped down version to fit on a CD rather than a DVD?

http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/4.3/isos/Readme.txt

And scroll down to the "Single Server CD" section.

-- Daniel