Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

On 08/30/2011 03:20 PM John Hodrien wrote: > On Tue, 30 Aug 2011, ken wrote: > >> ... > > It's a bit faffy, and doing a yum install rather than an anaconda install > means there was a little bit more niggly setup left to do. But I'd have no > worries about doing it this way. Though I'm glad tho

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

On Tue, 30 Aug 2011, Karanbir Singh wrote: > On 08/30/2011 09:32 AM, John Hodrien wrote: >> [epel-kernel-nonpae] >> name=Non-PAE kernel build for el6/i686 >> baseurl=http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/lkundrak/kernel-nonpae/epel-$releasever/$basearch/ > > this would be a fantastic resource to hav

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

On Tue, 30 Aug 2011, ken wrote: > It's refreshing to receive an on-topic, intelligent and civil response, > one worthy of replying to. And kudos for crafting this solution! It's a bit faffy, and doing a yum install rather than an anaconda install means there was a little bit more niggly setup le

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

ken wrote: On 08/30/2011 10:10 AM Karanbir Singh wrote: hi Ken, On 08/30/2011 03:04 PM, ken wrote: would be one place. But, given the way search engines might index pages, people could bypass that page and land directly on t

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

On 08/30/2011 10:10 AM Karanbir Singh wrote: > hi Ken, > > On 08/30/2011 03:04 PM, ken wrote: >> would be one >> place. But, given the way search engines might index pages, people >> could bypass that page and land directly on the mirro

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

Karanbir Singh wrote: hi Ken, On 08/30/2011 03:04 PM, ken wrote: would be one place. But, given the way search engines might index pages, people could bypass that page and land directly on the mirrors page,

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

hi Ken, On 08/30/2011 03:04 PM, ken wrote: > would be one > place. But, given the way search engines might index pages, people > could bypass that page and land directly on the mirrors page, >

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

On 08/30/2011 08:48 AM Karanbir Singh wrote: > On 08/29/2011 02:22 AM, ken wrote: From the 6.0 Release Notes here: >>> "The i386 DVD is just a bit too large to fit on normal single layer >>> DVD+R media. It can be burnt successfully on DVD-R or dual-layer media." >>> >> Thanks, Jorge. That's

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

Le 30/08/2011 14:48, Karanbir Singh a écrit : > On 08/29/2011 02:22 AM, ken wrote: From the 6.0 Release Notes here: >>> "The i386 DVD is just a bit too large to fit on normal single layer >>> DVD+R media. It can be burnt successfully on DVD-R or dual-layer media." >>> >> Thanks, Jorge. That'

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

On 08/30/2011 09:32 AM, John Hodrien wrote: > [epel-kernel-nonpae] > name=Non-PAE kernel build for el6/i686 > baseurl=http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/lkundrak/kernel-nonpae/epel-$releasever/$basearch/ this would be a fantastic resource to have in CentOS-6-Extras or Plus, so I went to look and

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

On 08/29/2011 02:22 AM, ken wrote: >> > From the 6.0 Release Notes here: >> >> "The i386 DVD is just a bit too large to fit on normal single layer >> DVD+R media. It can be burnt successfully on DVD-R or dual-layer media." >> > Thanks, Jorge. That's what I suspected. Yeah, I have the DVD+R/W. > >

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

On 08/30/2011 04:32 AM John Hodrien wrote: > On Mon, 29 Aug 2011, John R Pierce wrote: > >> On 08/29/11 3:20 AM, ken wrote: >> >> You can continue to run EL 5 on it for years to come. Or choose any >> number of other Linux distributions which target down rev hardware. > > Or just do what I did.

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

On Mon, 29 Aug 2011, John R Pierce wrote: > On 08/29/11 3:20 AM, ken wrote: > > You can continue to run EL 5 on it for years to come. Or choose any > number of other Linux distributions which target down rev hardware. Or just do what I did. Put an EL5 install on (which runs nicely). Download t

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

On 08/29/11 3:20 AM, ken wrote: > Snob appeal does work on a lot of people. Maybe in today's world it's a > character flaw, but I prefer actual reasons. how "passive-aggressive" of you. There's nothing 'snob' about it, it is a simple technical and financial decision. RHEL targets SERVERS, and

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

Always Learning wrote: > On Mon, 2011-08-29 at 06:12 -0400, ken wrote: > >> I hope we're not going to start rationalizing the presence of linux >> bugs on the basis of Microsoft's record of failures. > > Bugs, or "programme difficulties", are inevitable. > > M$ success is promoting the standardisat

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

On Mon, 2011-08-29 at 06:12 -0400, ken wrote: > I hope we're not going to start rationalizing the presence of linux > bugs on the basis of Microsoft's record of failures. Bugs, or "programme difficulties", are inevitable. M$ success is promoting the standardisation of exchange of computer data

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

On Monday, August 29, 2011 12:12:03 PM ken wrote: > On 08/28/2011 11:37 PM Always Learning wrote: > > On Sun, 2011-08-28 at 22:33 -0400, ken wrote: > >> On 08/28/2011 09:17 PM Always Learning wrote: ... > >> Well, since I've got two or three other machines I'm either upgrading or > >> installing li

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

On 08/28/2011 11:38 PM John R Pierce wrote: > On 08/28/11 7:33 PM, ken wrote: >>> Recently someone wrote that PAE related to i386 but was not required for x64. What CPU type is your target machine ? >> Broadly speaking it's a pentium i686, but without pae. The fact that >> this machine is ex

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

On 08/28/2011 11:37 PM Always Learning wrote: > On Sun, 2011-08-28 at 22:33 -0400, ken wrote: > >> On 08/28/2011 09:17 PM Always Learning wrote: > >> Broadly speaking it's a pentium i686, but without pae. The fact that >> this machine is excluded from RH/CentOS doesn't bode well for Linux. > >

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

On 08/28/11 8:37 PM, Always Learning wrote: > The i686 is an i386 32 bit CPU and needs PAE to address more than 64 GB. it needs PAE to address more than 4GB -- john r pierceN 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast ___

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

On 08/28/11 7:33 PM, ken wrote: >> Recently someone wrote that PAE related to i386 but was not required for >> > x64. What CPU type is your target machine ? > Broadly speaking it's a pentium i686, but without pae. The fact that > this machine is excluded from RH/CentOS doesn't bode well for Linux

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

On Sun, 2011-08-28 at 22:33 -0400, ken wrote: > On 08/28/2011 09:17 PM Always Learning wrote: > Broadly speaking it's a pentium i686, but without pae. The fact that > this machine is excluded from RH/CentOS doesn't bode well for Linux. The i686 is an i386 32 bit CPU and needs PAE to address mo

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

On 08/28/2011 09:17 PM Always Learning wrote: > On Sun, 2011-08-28 at 21:06 -0400, ken wrote: > >> When I downloaded the iso for 6.0 install, K3b said the iso wouldn't fit >> on the blank DVD. > > I remember reading that there are two main DVD formats + and -. One has > (more?) error correction t

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

On 08/28/2011 09:15 PM Jorge Fábregas wrote: > On 08/28/2011 09:06 PM, ken wrote: >> When I downloaded the iso for 6.0 install, K3b said the iso wouldn't fit >> on the blank DVD. > > Hi, > >>From the 6.0 Release Notes here: > > "The i386 DVD is just a bit too large to fit on normal single layer

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

On Sun, 2011-08-28 at 21:06 -0400, ken wrote: > When I downloaded the iso for 6.0 install, K3b said the iso wouldn't fit > on the blank DVD. I remember reading that there are two main DVD formats + and -. One has (more?) error correction than the other and therefore everything may not fit on tha

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

On 08/28/2011 09:06 PM, ken wrote: > When I downloaded the iso for 6.0 install, K3b said the iso wouldn't fit > on the blank DVD. Hi, >From the 6.0 Release Notes here: "The i386 DVD is just a bit too large to fit on normal single layer DVD+R media. It can be burnt successfully on DVD-R or dual-l

[CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

When I downloaded the iso for 6.0 install, K3b said the iso wouldn't fit on the blank DVD. So I downloaded and burned the LiveDVD. When I boot it, I get the blue splash screen (it says "CentOS... Community Enterprise OS on the bottom, logo to the right), but nothing else comes up. Hitting variou