-----Forwarded Message----- > From: Trevor Batley <trevor at batley.id.au> > To: William Warren <hescominsoon at emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com> > Cc: 'centos Linux' <centos at caosity.org> > Subject: Re: [Centos] different iso's > Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 10:40:54 +1000 > > On Sat, 2004-10-23 at 04:32, William Warren wrote: > > 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..:) > > > Extract the 3 iso's to a common directory (which can be used for LAN > install or as a YUM base directory) and change the 4th line of the > .discinfo file to be 1,2,3 > > This tree can be burnt as a DVD now. > > Trevor B > PS. What I mean by extract the 3 iso's to a common directory is ectract > iso 1, and then add all the files from the other 2 iso's into the > appropriate directories (eg. RedHat/RPMS) > > > 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. -- trevorbatley_AT_users.sourceforge.net