Timothy Murphy wrote: > I'm trying to install CentOS-5.5 on my new HP micro-server, > which has no CD drive. > > I've set up cobbler and cobbler-web on my old server, > and can access cobbler-web from my laptop. > > I have 3 queries about the installation. > > 1. Is there any advantage is using the 64-bit CentOS > rather than 32-bit? If it runs 64 bit, you should use 64 bit. Unless you also have half the cylinders on your car disabled, and.... <g> > > 2. The CentOS OS seems to be available in 7 or 8 CDs. > (I tried downloading the DVD ISO with ktorrent, > but this was a complete failure. > It started OK, but then created literally thousands of links > to one file, which brought my server down, > and left it in a state which was quite hard to clean up.) Dunno. Last time I brought down the DVD iso, I had no trouble just doing a straight d/l, no torrent. > <snip cobbler question> > 3. Is there actually a way of converting the 7 or 8 CD ISOs > into a DVD ISO? > I saw instructions that suggested concatenating them, > and then running rsync against a DVD ISO, at > <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2011-January/104448.html>. > I tried the site recommended, but could not access the DVD ISO. Mount the CD isos using loopback (mount -o loop), and copy. <snip> mark