On 11/23/2012 02:30 PM, Digimer wrote: > On 11/23/2012 02:24 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> I have not touched my Centos systems for over a year; it is time to get >> current to do some new, interesting things. >> >> So of course, 6.3, but which install? >> >> I run a local repo that I rsync from a mirror near me. So I believe I >> can use the Netinstall iso, but which one? >> >> How do I determine if I have a i386 or x86_64 processor? >> >> If x86_64 how do I determine if I use EFI or not? > Almost all systems sold in the last few years are 64 bit, so if in > doubt, try installing. If the CPU is 32 bit only, it'll fail to install > almost immediately. If you know what CPU you have, you can look it up on > the manufacturer's website or on wikipedia to see what features it has. > > As for what media, well, that depends entirely on how often you plan to > (re)install and what your bandwidth costs. It also depends on what you > want to use CentOS for. For me, I usually use the minimal install and > just install what I need, but it's not at all user friendly as almost > nothing but the bare system is installed (not even man pages!). But what is the difference for the x86_64-netinstall vs x86_84-netinstall-EFI?