[CentOS] 5.5 ISO size vs RHEL

Wed May 19 16:32:07 UTC 2010
Tony Molloy <tony.molloy at ul.ie>

On Wednesday 19 May 2010 17:24:49 Rudi Ahlers wrote:
> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Tony Molloy <tony.molloy at ul.ie> wrote:
> >  On Wednesday 19 May 2010 15:46:57 Anthony Caetano wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > We use CentOS and RHEL, the 5.5 RHEL ISO for x86_64 is 3.7GB (**), the
> > >  CentOS one is 4602MB (***) split over two DVDs.  Is this reasonable
> > > and correct?  Any ideas why would there be such a discrepancy if they
> > > are built from the same (or very similar) source?
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Anthony Caetano
> > >
> > > **  the md5sum checks out, and RHN lists the size as 3,532 MB
> > >
> > > *** CentOS-5.5-x86_64-bin-DVD-1of2.iso +
> >
> > CentOS-5.5-x86_64-bin-DVD-2of2.iso
> >
> > > (according to ftp.heanet.ie:/pub/centos/5.5/isos/x86_64 )
> > > _______________________________________________
> 
> As matter of interest, what is the 2nd DVD for?
> 


As far as I know it contains most of the OpenOffice language packs. It shouldn't 
be needed to do an install unless you are going to install some of the more 
unusual packs.

Regards,

Tony
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