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 CentOS's developers did very excellent work on how to make the Upstream OS more availability and add many good free software on the CentOS. But where can I got the change or add list of CentOS? and why the size change is so large? I think it is very useful for my farther employ of CentOS. Thanks! (Yes, I can read the ReleaseNotes, but it is still can not disabuse me, the secsion of "5.6. Packages added by CentOS that are not included upstream" is so little.)
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Michael Liang <blkfcn at gmail.com> 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 of CentOS 5.2(i386) is so > large that is 3.74 GB! > > I kown that CentOS's developers did very excellent work on how to make > the Upstream OS more availability and add many good free software on > the CentOS. But where can I got the change or add list of CentOS? and > why the size change is so large? I think it is very useful for my > farther employ of CentOS. > > Thanks! > > (Yes, I can read the ReleaseNotes, but it is still can not disabuse > me, the secsion of "5.6. Packages added by CentOS that are not > included upstream" is so little.)This is because you download a not-released version of CentOS 5.2. The iso you have is faulty. This was discovered yesterday and updates images are being distributed. So please wait for the official announcement before starting to download. Regards, Tim -- Tim Verhoeven - tim.verhoeven.be at gmail.com - 0479 / 88 11 83 Hoping the problem magically goes away by ignoring it is the "microsoft approach to programming" and should never be allowed. (Linus Torvalds)
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 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 CentOS's developers did very excellent work on how to make > the Upstream OS more availability and add many good free software on > the CentOS. But where can I got the change or add list of CentOS? and > why the size change is so large? I think it is very useful for my > farther employ of CentOS. > > Thanks! > > (Yes, I can read the ReleaseNotes, but it is still can not disabuse > me, the secsion of "5.6. Packages added by CentOS that are not > included upstream" is so little.) > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >-- Gerald Balzer, Senior Partner T: +41 44 440 55 13 E: g.balzer at unicum-consulting.ch E: gerald at crbm.ch ****************************************** Unicum Consulting & Marketing GmbH Luzernerstrasse 51a, CH-6010 Kriens Business Solutions to suit your needs http://www.unicum-consulting.ch ****************************************** -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: g_balzer.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 305 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080624/49039be1/attachment-0002.vcf>
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 is 3.74 GB!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 bundled into one DVD. Kind Regards, Dirk