At Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:31:04 +0100 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote: > > > i386 is for older technology PCs. The x86_64 is for newer PCs > > > > How can I know that I have to use i386 or x86_64, my machine is not very new > though. How old is it? > > > > > The x86_64 release takes two DVDs, but the second DVD just has > > OpenOffice language packs. > > > > It would be great if you get me the direct link like amongst > http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/centos/5.5/isos/i386/ which one? Further, without > knowledge only, it took only one CD when I downloaded Fedora, here more than > one CD is there? We cannot do it later by using some command like yum. > Please elaborate. There is one DVD and a bunch of CDs. The files have names that identify what they are. You want the one with 'DVD' in its name (there is both a direct download and one link for torrent (the link name as 'torrent' in it). The ones in the above directory are for 32-bit machines (i386). Look in http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/centos/5.5/isos/x86_64/ for the 64-bit versions. You might want to start by downloading one of the Live CDs and using that to see if your system's hardware is supported. -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 / heller at deepsoft.com Deepwoods Software -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments