[Centos] different iso's

Fri Oct 22 18:32:29 UTC 2004
William Warren <hescominsoon at emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com>

network install is nice..but you still have to download that 4 
gigs..frankly for me i have better usage for 4 gigs and having it 
all on one dvd is much more convenient..:)

Lee W wrote:

> Not a bad idea, but is there really any major benefit?
> 
> Surely the extra 4GB taken up by the DVD could be put to better use.  
> 
> If you want to find a method of installing without have to swap discs all
> the time, why not try a network install (I use my Windows Desktop machine
> running Apache, for any HTTP installs I do).  In this way you can also keep
> an up-to-date yum respository which you can also burn to DVD's yourself if
> you wish. Also (as I recently discovered) on disc 1 is an kernel and initrd
> that allows you to do a completely discless installation using PXE network
> boot, tried it last night and it works great.
> 
> Just my 2 pennies worth anyway.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Lee
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Warren [mailto:hescominsoon at emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com] 
> Sent: 22 October 2004 18:22
> To: centos Linux
> Subject: [Centos] different iso's
> 
> 
> I am wondering if there are any plans to release a large dvd iso 
> of the centos distribution?  dvd burners are taking off and this 
> would be a good addition.  Instead of three cd iso's one big dvd iso.

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