[CentOS] CentOS 7 - AltArch i386 - DVD iso?

Fri Mar 22 17:57:04 UTC 2019
Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>

On 3/22/19 8:53 AM, mark wrote:
> Johnny Hughes wrote:
>> On 2/2/19 5:47 PM, Brendan Brewster wrote:
>>
>>> Just curious. In the two most recent releases of CentOS 7 AltArch i386
>>> there has not been made available a DVD iso (or the live ones) alongside
>>>  NetInstall/Minimal/Everything. Any plans to make available the DVD
>>> variation for the current or future releases?
>>>
>>> For older 32-bit hardware, it can be nice to be able to burn a single
>>> layer DVD.
>>
>> Currently all the Alternative arches get the same ISOs .. which are
>> Everything, Minimal, NetInstall.  (except of course for armhfp .. were
>> the install is very different).
>>
>> It takes a bunch of extra work / testing to develop the DVD install ISO.
>> It requires a unique package list to only include items needed from the
>> installer.
>>
>> I would say that the best way to install CentOS is with the Minimal
>> install and yum groups afterwards .. or a net install.
> <snip>
> Johnny, I'm very much against the minimal, given that it doesn't seem to
> set up networking... nor does it appear to install perl, based on some
> recent experience.
> 

Nothing the proper kickstart (or a net install) can't fix.  But you are
correct.  But the Minimal install off the full install iso does the same.


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