[ale] CentOS 5.6 64Bit Install

[Jim Kinney]

go here instead:

http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/5.6/isos/x86_64/CentOS-5.6-x86_64-bin-DVD-1of2.iso
http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/5.6/isos/x86_64/CentOS-5.6-x86_64-bin-DVD-2of2.iso

GT doesn't have the full DVD iso. only the torrents.

Yes. It's more a single DVD. The choice was to not require a  double layer
DVD.

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 h
> ttp://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/centos/5.6/os/x86_64/images/<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?
>
> Thanks,
> GC
>
>
>
>
> 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.
>>
>> 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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