At Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:31:04 +0100 CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Robert Heller <heller@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > i386 is for older technology PCs. The x86_64 is for newer PCs
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> How can I know that I have to use i386 or x86_64, my machine is not very new
> though.
How old is it?
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> > The x86_64 release takes two DVDs, but the second DVD just has
> > OpenOffice language packs.
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> It would be great if you get me the direct link like amongst
> http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/centos/5.5/isos/i386/ which one? Further, without
> knowledge only, it took only one CD when I downloaded Fedora, here more than
> one CD is there? We cannot do it later by using some command like yum.
> Please elaborate.
There is one DVD and a bunch of CDs. The files have names that
identify what they are. You want the one with 'DVD' in its name (there
is both a direct download and one link for torrent (the link name as
'torrent' in it). The ones in the above directory are for 32-bit
machines (i386). Look in
http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/centos/5.5/isos/x86_64/
for the 64-bit versions.
You might want to start by downloading one of the Live CDs and using
that to see if your system's hardware is supported.
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