CentOS - Mar 2021 - CentOS-7-x86_64-dvd-2009.iso is too big for DVD blanks

On Wed, 2021-03-17 at 20:41 +0100, Andr? Verwijs via CentOS
wrote:
> 
> I blueray disk (25GB)?? works great :)
Andr?,

I'm sure it would, but I thought I made it clear that DL or BluRay have
never been options in this case. I'm disappointed that the DVD iso was
released without any release notes advising it was oversized

I finally burned and used a network installation CD and NFS connected
to a local mirror of the CentOS 7.9.2011 repository. That option will
not be available to me in the future. I have the server in my physical
possession for a very short while. After I finish installation and
configuration, I will only have remote access.

--Doc Savage
? ? Fairview Heights, IL

On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 11:42:40PM -0500, Robert G. (Doc) Savage via CentOS
wrote:
> 
> I'm sure it would, but I thought I made it clear that DL or BluRay have
> never been options in this case. I'm disappointed that the DVD iso was
> released without any release notes advising it was oversized
The size issue with single-layer media has been a known issue since the
CentOS-6 days and the release notes very much do mention it, or at least
they did at one point.

It's not realistic to expect server-class machines not to be able to
boot from dual-layer or USB media in 2021.






							John
-- 
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