[SLL] Cent OS

[Matt Beland]

On Jun 9, 2008, at 8:44 PM, Eric Kahklen wrote:
> I need to download a copy of Cent OS for a server that doesn't have  
> a DVD drive.  The Cent OS site has a Live iso and a set of 6.  Do I  
> need all six discs?  The server will have internet connectivity, but  
> I'd like to download a good base if possible before hand because I  
> have a much faster connection at home.

Last I installed a minimum CentOS server install from CD, I needed 4  
of the 6 cds (The only two unused were 4 and 6, IIRC). I'd say it's  
not worth the savings to skip those two, especially since it's been  
over six weeks and I might be mistaken about which disks they were.)

Another interesting possibility that I've used to great effect -  
download the DVD image, save it to the hard drive on another computer.  
Mount the image, then share the mount point over NFS. Use the network  
install ISO to burn a netboot cd, choose the "NFS" option, install  
from the DVD image. This method is by far the fastest - faster than  
installing from a local DVD, even (with gigabit ethernet, anyway.)  
Transfer speeds over fast disk and gigabit ethernet are evidently  
higher than transfer speeds from a DVD optical drive.

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Matt Beland
matt at rearviewmirror.org