Robert Heller wrote: > At Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:37:42 -0400 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > >> Hi, >> >> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 15:26, Ron Blizzard<rb4centos at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> If you've got limited access, the best way to install CentOS is >>> probably to download the very small Netinstall ISO -- then do a >>> network install. That way you save having to download all the updates >>> right after installing. >>> >> Actually, as Johnny already said, you can use the LiveCD itself to do >> a netinstall. However, in that case, you will still download the >> packages from the Internet as they are installed. >> >> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 15:22, Bob Goodwin<bobgoodwin at wildblue.net> wrote: >> >>> Actually I only need a minimal install in that computer since I plan >>> on using it as a file server. >>> >> In that case you might want to download only CD 1 of CentOS, since >> (AFAIR) it's possible to do a minimal install using that CD only. >> (Please someone else that has done that recently confirm that this is >> indeed still possible.) >> > > Yes, it is, but there is also a 'Server Install CD', which might be > better. Many of the 'server' (deamon) RPMs are NOT on CD 1 of the CD > set (instead it has other, more desktop-ish RPMs). > > >> HTH, >> Filipe >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> >> > > All I want is something that doesn't reach end of life so rapidly for this application. I should have checked more carefully. I will try Scientific Linux which is supposed to install from the cd. Thanks for the help. Bob