Ok. Will try it out. I did not choose a minimal install. I think I did a server install and selected some additional package groups: GNOME, development, system tools, and one more which I dont remember.
________________________________ From: Dave Dykstra <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 6:11 PM To: Teh, Kenneth M. <[email protected]> Cc: scientific-linux-users <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Rocky Linux 8.4 General Availability It worked for me just now to use download.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/8/BaseOS/x86_64/os and select a minimal install. Dave On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 05:48:10PM +0000, Teh, Kenneth M. wrote: > I found the repo url. But no go on the install via the boot iso. It failed > to retrieve an rpm after having retrieved several, glib2 in particular. > Probably, download infrastructure is in a state of flux (?). I'll try again > later in the week. > > > > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] > <[email protected]> on behalf of Teh, Kenneth M. > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 12:34 PM > To: Yasha Karant <[email protected]>; scientific-linux-users > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Rocky Linux 8.4 General Availability > > I tried the boot iso but it does not have a built-in list of mirrors. I'm > stuck at the installation source. I need a url, either a specific repo or a > url. Please post if anyone knows one. > > > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] > <[email protected]> on behalf of Yasha Karant > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 11:06 AM > To: scientific-linux-users <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Rocky Linux 8.4 General Availability > > Would those who have a spare machine (or more) and who install Rocky EL > 8.4 please comment to this list. Some of the questions that might need > to be answered are below. > > How easy was manual disk partitioning? > > How easy was selection of options, including the use of those from > ElRepo et al that are standard repositories of often needed "addons" not > available from the base distro? > > How easy was it to maintain non-systems areas that might be needed > (e.g., /home , /opt , /usr/local )? > > Do applications that are needed and function under SL still function > (perhaps with later release versions) on Rocky EL 8.4? > > After running Rocky EL 8.4 for a bit with a real load of typical > applications and uses (and users as well), how stable is this distro? > > My understanding from previous postings to this list is that the > problems are not just with a clone port of EL 8, but intrinsic to the > RHEL 8 from IBM RH. > > Yasha Karant > > On 6/22/21 8:45 AM, Dave Dykstra wrote: > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forums.rockylinux.org_t_rocky-2Dlinux-2D8-2D4-2Davailable-2Dnow&d=DwIFAw&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=Jv3AaE5g_mSo58RbU-YPCu-rFk-eOddCa2WcSsN2i9Q&s=2-1uWNIYIGcgeypV8jS6BidRs_g9QKNNyp9dWKWm_70&e= > > > > > > Dave > >
