ken wrote: > On 08/30/2011 10:10 AM Karanbir Singh wrote: > >> hi Ken, >> >> On 08/30/2011 03:04 PM, ken wrote: >> >>> <http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=15> would be one >>> place. But, given the way search engines might index pages, people >>> could bypass that page and land directly on the mirrors page, >>> <http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=13>, and so miss >>> the warning altogether. >>> >> How about a Readme file ( please propose something ) that would go into >> the ISOS directory on all machines ? eg: >> http://centos.mirror.netelligent.ca/centos/6/isos/x86_64/ >> >> that might be a good place to have a url pointing at the release notes, >> perhaps a few workds on what the sha sums are and how people can verify >> them, and the various media formats ( livecd, dvd, cd, netinstall, >> torrents ). >> >> If you want to put something together, we could add that in right away. >> And I'll add a note to the release process to make sure its updated, >> maintained into the future releases. >> >> >>> In addition, if it happens, per your other email in this thread, that >>> it's possible to offer another CentOS distribution which doesn't require >>> PAE, then we'd need a distinguishing name for those ISOs. >>> >> right, that would be a bit of a journey down the road. Step 1 would be >> to find a solution to the PAE-needed issue, then make sure there is some >> mechanism in place ( manual or otherwise ) to carry that work forward >> into the updates, finally come up with a delivery ( install ) mechanism. >> It should just be a case of an alternative installer with the >> works-with-pae-absent kernel. >> >> - KB >> > > Hi, KB, > > Congratulations. You parsed out my mixed up email. I somehow replied > to one issue in the wrong email. I shouldn't reply to email while > listening to news about hurricanes and floods and before I'm well into > my second cup of coffee. > > As for the readme... or PRE-DOWNLOAD-README... > > ---------------------------------------------------- > To burn this ISO to DVD, you need to use a DVD-RW drive and compatible > media. Due to a difference in formatting, this ISO will not fit on a > DVD+ disk. > It may be a DVD-R - does not need to be a RW > In addition, CentOS 6.0 requires a PAE-capable CPU. This distribution > will not run otherwise. On Linux do "cat /proc/cpuinfo|grep ^flags" to > see if "pae" is mentioned there. If not, use a different distribution. > > See the CentOS wiki for more information. <URL> > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Others might have other language to include. > > Do we have translators for users who prefer something non-English? > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: rkampen.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 358 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110830/90720d29/attachment-0005.vcf>