[CentOS] 5.5 ISO size vs RHEL

Wed May 19 16:38:10 UTC 2010
John Doe <jdmls at yahoo.com>

From: Tony Molloy <tony.molloy at ul.ie>
> On Wednesday 19 May 2010 15:46:57 Anthony Caetano wrote:
>> 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?
>> **  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 )

> Not correct. From ftp.heanet.ie
> /pub/centos/5.5/isos/x86_64> 
> CentOS-5.5-x86_64-bin-DVD-1of2.isoThat's 4.3 GB
> CentOS-5.5-x86_64-bin-DVD-2of2.isoThat's 432Mb
> So total is 4.7Gb approx

That's mostly what he said (4.6Gb for the x86_64)...
If RH DVD is 3.5GB, how come CentOS one is 4.7GB...?
Isn't there a RH Desktop and Server distinction?

JD