[ale] CentOS 7 (Or: How I suck at Torrents)

[Michael B. Trausch]

On 06/17/2014 08:06 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> so I downloaded the boot.iso and run it from virtualbox. It is asking me
> for ahttp://  site, what am I doing wrong?

Right now, nothing.

Red Hat fubar'd the centos.org domain today:

> [mtrausch at aloe ~]$ whois centos.org
> [Querying whois.publicinterestregistry.net]
> [whois.publicinterestregistry.net]
> Domain Name:CENTOS.ORG
> Domain ID: D103409469-LROR
> Creation Date: 2003-12-04T12:28:30Z
> Updated Date: 2014-06-18T02:40:51Z
> Registry Expiry Date: 2015-12-04T12:28:30Z
> Sponsoring Registrar:Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE (R1772-LROR)
> Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 470
> WHOIS Server:
> Referral URL:
> Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited
> Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited
> Domain Status: inactive
> Domain Status: serverTransferProhibited
> Domain Status: transferPeriod
> Registrant ID:COMLDE-011441
> Registrant Name:Red Hat, Inc.
> Registrant Organization:Red Hat, Inc.
> Registrant Street: 100 East Davie Street
> Registrant City:Raleigh
> Registrant State/Province:NC
> Registrant Postal Code:27601
> Registrant Country:US
> Registrant Phone:+1.9197543700
> Registrant Phone Ext:
> Registrant Fax: +1.9197543704
> Registrant Fax Ext:
> Registrant Email:domainadmin at redhat.com
> Admin ID:COMLDE-011442
> Admin Name:Domain Admin
> Admin Organization:Red Hat, Inc.
> Admin Street: 1801 Varsity Drive
> Admin City:Raleigh
> Admin State/Province:NC
> Admin Postal Code:27606
> Admin Country:US
> Admin Phone:+1.9197543700
> Admin Phone Ext:
> Admin Fax: +1.9197543704
> Admin Fax Ext:
> Admin Email:domainadmin at redhat.com
> Tech ID:COMLDE-030265
> Tech Name:Domain Admin
> Tech Organization:Red Hat, Inc.
> Tech Street: 100 East Davie Street
> Tech City:Raleigh
> Tech State/Province:NC
> Tech Postal Code:27601
> Tech Country:US
> Tech Phone:+1.9197543700
> Tech Phone Ext:
> Tech Fax: +1.9197543704
> Tech Fax Ext:
> Tech Email:domainadmin at redhat.com
> Name Server:
> Name Server:
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> Name Server:
> DNSSEC:Unsigned
>
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Note the empty name servers.

     — Mike