Hello Karanbir, That would explain the strange stuff I was seeing in the mirrors today when I was looking for ISO's. back to downloading we go Thanks! -- Best regards, Mickael mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tuesday, March 1, 2005, 4:42:12 PM, you wrote: KS> The CentOS team is pleased to announce availability of CentOS 4.0 i386 KS> (ia32). This product supports i586 and i686 processors, including all KS> compatible platforms. Major new features include the Linux 2.6 Kernel, KS> SELinux, udev replacing the /dev system, Xorg, MySQL4, CyrusIMAPD, Gnome KS> 2.8 and KDE 3.3. These improvements along with many more are detailed KS> in the release notes available online KS> (http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/i386/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html). KS> CentOS.org is hosting the CD-ROM Installation set ( 4 CD Set ) on KS> BitTorrent at: KS> http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/isos/i386/CentOS-4.0-i386-1to4.iso.torrent KS> And a DVD-ROM Install Disc on BitTorrent at: KS> http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/isos/i386/CentOS-4.0-i386-bin.DVD.iso.torrent KS> We request you leave your torrent running (and if behind a firewall, KS> with tcp ports 6881 - 6899 open ) as your client will become part of the KS> peer to peer bittorrent network and reduce the load on our network KS> mirrors. If you need some quick pointers for getting up to speed on KS> bittorrent read KS> http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=24 KS> If you wish to use HTTP to download these files, please check with a KS> mirror close to you, the files might take a few hours to propagate KS> through the mirror network. MD5SUM's for the iso's are provided at the KS> end of this announcement. KS> For people in Europe, Relou Mirrors have setup direct http downloads at KS> http://www.reloumirrors.net/centos4-release/ People outside Europe KS> should use a mirror closer to them. A list of http, ftp and rsync KS> mirrors is available online at KS> http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=13 Please use KS> http and rsync only if circumstances prevent you from using BitTorrent. KS> Documentation is provided at: http://www.centos.org/docs/4/ KS> --------------------- KS> ISSUES: KS> There are no known issues. The system installers have been tested KS> extensively in house by the CentOS Developers and Testers. Known good KS> install methods include CD-Rom, HTTP, FTP, PXE, NFS and local Hard Drive KS> based. KS> All fixes and updates released by the upstream provider up to 28th Feb KS> 2005 have been incorporated into the main package tree. KS> The CentOS 4 RPM Signing Key is available from our master mirror network KS> and can be imported as: rpm --import KS> http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 (Note: this is a KS> final release key, the CentOS 4 Beta and CentOS 4 rc1 key cannot be used KS> to verify CentOS 4 packages.) KS> If you are presently running CentOS 4 Beta we recommend a "linux KS> upgradeany" upgrade install using the CD Installation Set. If you are KS> running CentOS 4 rc1, you can use the "yum upgrade" command to move your KS> installation to CentOS 4. However, you might want to keep in mind that KS> debug info present in CentOS 4 rc1 has now been removed in CentOS 4, KS> therefore the packages are smaller in size. A full reinstall still KS> remains the best option. 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