[ale] CentOS 5.6 64Bit Install

[Geoffrey Myers]

Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> One thing that annoyed me with CentOS 5 was that they went to torrent
> for the x86_64 DVD and only have the CD ISOs for regular download.
> If your behind web blocking stuff that doesn't like torrents you're
> forced to do the Cds.  At least with 6 they've got ISOs for the DVDs.

That depends on the mirror.  I know that I downloaded both Centos 5.6 
and 6.0 dvds directly.  The 6.0 dvds are available at GA Tech here:

http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/centos/6.0/isos/x86_64/

http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/centos/6.0/isos/x86_64/CentOS-6.0-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso
http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/centos/6.0/isos/x86_64/CentOS-6.0-x86_64-bin-DVD2.iso

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> -----Original Message----- From: ale-bounces at ale.org
> [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Myers Sent:
> Sunday, August 07, 2011 9:35 PM To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts 
> Subject: Re: [ale] CentOS 5.6 64Bit Install
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> On Aug 5, 2011, at 7:53 PM, Greg Clifton wrote:
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>> Yes, I have a DVD drive, but what I don't have is the "know-what"
>> and a little of the "know-how" to put on the DVD(s). Here is the
>> link on GT mirror site for CentOS 5.6
>> http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/centos/5.6/os/x86_64/images/, what
>> do I need to pull down from among those files to make a successful
>> install? In what order?
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> Wrong directory tree, you want this:
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> http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/centos/5.6/isos/x86_64/
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> Although they don't appear to have the DVD image there. There is a
> torrent image there:
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> http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/centos/5.6/isos/x86_64/CentOS-5.6-x86_64-bin-DVD.torrent
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> I'm pretty sure I downloaded the DVD directly from GA Tech a while
> back.  Not sure why they don't have a DVD to download.
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>> Thanks, GC
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>> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 7:09 PM, handran <handran at mindspring.com>
>> wrote: On 8/5/2011 6:17 PM, Greg Clifton wrote:
>>> Charles,
>>> 
>>> This is a bare metal install on a new system with 2 mirrored boot
>>> drives and 2 mirrored 1TB storage drives off a 3Ware controller.
>>> Plenty of room, but no previous OS installed, I also have a DVD
>>> drive in the system, I just don't know what other files.
>>> 
>>> I can see why lots of folks like Ubuntu, at least last time I
>>> installed Ubuntu server 8.4(?) it booted off the DVD and
>>> installed w/o any problems. Sure seems easier to a noob like me!
>>> 
>>> Greg
>> Looks like you need 8 CD iso's  or  2 DVD iso's.
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>> Available here: http://ftp.usf.edu/pub/centos/5/isos/x86_64/ 
>> http://mirrors.rit.edu/centos/5.6/isos/x86_64/ 
>> http://linux.mirrors.es.net/centos/5.6/isos/x86_64/ 
>> ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/mirror.centos.org/5.6/isos/x86_64/
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