[CentOS] Why CentOS 5.2 is so large?

2008-06-24 Thread Michael Liang
Hi, folks. I have download the DVD image of CentOS 5.2. Comparing with the DVD image of Upstream OS Provider, I got a surprise: The size of the DVD image of Upstream OS Provider is just 2.87 GB(i386), but the size of the DVD image of CentOS 5.2(i386) is so large that is 3.74 GB! I kown that

Re: [CentOS] Why CentOS 5.2 is so large?

2008-06-24 Thread Tim Verhoeven
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Michael Liang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have download the DVD image of CentOS 5.2. Comparing with the DVD image of Upstream OS Provider, I got a surprise: The size of the DVD image of Upstream OS Provider is just 2.87 GB(i386), but the size of the DVD image

Re: [CentOS] Why CentOS 5.2 is so large?

2008-06-24 Thread Gerald Balzer
Michael, did you get an official announcement for 5.2? I didn't. To my knowledge any 5.2 release yet is unofficial. Therefor I wouldn't use it. Gerald Michael Liang wrote: Hi, folks. I have download the DVD image of CentOS 5.2. Comparing with the DVD image of Upstream OS Provider, I got a

Re: [CentOS] Why CentOS 5.2 is so large?

2008-06-24 Thread Dirk Gfroerer
Michael Liang wrote: Hi, folks. I have download the DVD image of CentOS 5.2. Comparing with the DVD image of Upstream OS Provider, I got a surprise: The size of the DVD image of Upstream OS Provider is just 2.87 GB(i386), but the size of the DVD image of CentOS 5.2(i386) is so large that

Re: [CentOS] Why CentOS 5.2 is so large?

2008-06-24 Thread Michael Liang
2008/6/24 Dirk Gfroerer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: as Tim already wrote, CentOS 5.2 is not released yet, so don't use it. Also please note there are two DVDs on RHN: the server version with 2,934 MB and the client version with 3,682 MB CentOS distributes only one DVD which contains everything

Re: [CentOS] Why CentOS 5.2 is so large?

2008-06-24 Thread Michael Liang
2008/6/24 Mogens Kjaer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ... This is because you download a not-released version of CentOS 5.2. The iso you have is faulty. Isn't it just the x86_64 ISO that's wrong? I just have downloaded the i386 DVD image. The sha1sum.txt: 9e8da103db2217f10e07b0387edce09395723cbf

Re: [CentOS] Why CentOS 5.2 is so large?

2008-06-24 Thread Tim Verhoeven
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Michael Liang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just have downloaded the i386 DVD image. The sha1sum.txt: 9e8da103db2217f10e07b0387edce09395723cbf CentOS-5.2-i386-bin-1of6.iso e9d0a51d638caf1ed3adde834672d0f6a82cfd92 CentOS-5.2-i386-bin-2of6.iso

Re: [CentOS] Why CentOS 5.2 is so large?

2008-06-24 Thread Michael Liang
2008/6/24 Tim Verhoeven [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't wan to be rude. But you won't get any official support/news/help about this until the release has been announced officially. But, as you know, the famous distro users had jammed the download server when new distro launched didn't show their