[CentOS] 5.5 ISO size vs RHEL

Wed May 19 16:24:49 UTC 2010
Rudi Ahlers <rudiahlers at gmail.com>

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?



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