Hi, I have a machine with a BIOS that does not permit DVD installation. It accepts everything else including some old superseded media types. Is it possible to download C6 combined parts 1 and 2 not using Torrent ? I have an aversion to using anything that comes from unknown sources, as used by Torrent. Thank you. -- Regards, Paul. England, EU. England's place is in the European Union.
On Wed, April 18, 2018 8:36 pm, Always Learning wrote:> Hi, > > I have a machine with a BIOS that does not permit DVD installation. It > accepts everything else including some old superseded media types. > > Is it possible to download C6 combined parts 1 and 2 not using Torrent ? > > I have an aversion to using anything that comes from unknown sources, as > used by Torrent.Paul, you can go directly to the mirror server I maintain, it allows direct download of DVD images: http://bay.uchicago.edu/centos You may prefer mirror geographically closer to you. Good luck. Valeri> > Thank you. > > > > -- > Regards, > > Paul. > England, EU. England's place is in the European Union. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Hi Valeri,> > Is it possible to download C6 combined parts 1 and 2 not using Torrent ?> Paul, you can go directly to the mirror server I maintain, it allows > direct download of DVD images: > > http://bay.uchicago.edu/centosI looked, but could not find a non-Torrent option for C6 combined parts 1 and 2 .............. Index of /centos/6.9/isos/x86_64 * Parent Directory * 0_README.txt * CentOS-6.9-x86_64-LiveDVD.iso * CentOS-6.9-x86_64-LiveDVD.torrent * CentOS-6.9-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso * CentOS-6.9-x86_64-bin-DVD1to2.torrent * CentOS-6.9-x86_64-bin-DVD2.iso * CentOS-6.9-x86_64-minimal.iso * CentOS-6.9-x86_64-minimal.torrent * CentOS-6.9-x86_64-netinstall.iso * CentOS-6.9-x86_64-netinstall.torrent * README.txt * md5sum.txt * md5sum.txt.asc * sha1sum.txt * sha1sum.txt.asc * sha256sum.txt * sha256sum.txt.asc I sought: CentOS-6.9-x86_64-bin-DVD1to2.iso I suppose I could copy DVD1 to a USB stick and then DVD2 to another USB stick ? It would be nice to have everything (part 1 and part 2) on the same bootable USB stick. Thank you. -- Regards, Paul. England, EU. England's place is in the European Union.
On Thu, 19 Apr 2018, Valeri Galtsev wrote:> On Wed, April 18, 2018 8:36 pm, Always Learning wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have a machine with a BIOS that does not permit DVD installation. It >> accepts everything else including some old superseded media types. >> >> Is it possible to download C6 combined parts 1 and 2 not using Torrent ? >> >> I have an aversion to using anything that comes from unknown sources, as >> used by Torrent. > > Paul, you can go directly to the mirror server I maintain, it allows > direct download of DVD images: > > http://bay.uchicago.edu/centos > > You may prefer mirror geographically closer to you.Can we also challenge this "torrents are untrustworthy" attitude. You can be given an ISO from a shady character under a railway bridge, and as long as the ISO matches the checksums you can source directly from the CentOS https site (https://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS7), it's as good as any other copy that's ever been in existence. Why is a torrent source any worse than a copy off any of the official mirrors? Also, why not just make your life easy and do a netinstall? That way you don't have to try to do anything you're not comfortable with. jh