> From: Boris Epstein <borepstein@xxxxxxxxx>
> > On 07/27/2010 11:18 AM, Boris Epstein wrote:
> >> I've got a few older 32-bit PC's that only have a CD drive (no DVD).
> >> So I downloaded all the ISO's and I thought I'd install CentOS 5.5 on
> >> this 1.25 GB P-3 (I think, don't remember what CPU it's got right off
> >> hand, not that it should matter). So I tried it there, got a fatal
> >> exception. OK, no problem - thinking that maybe something was wrong
> >> with that machine I decided to try it on a different one, a P-3 with
> >> 384 MB or RAM. Same thing happened.
> >> So here's my question: has anybody successfully installed CentOS 5.5
> >> on a 32-bit machine (i386) using individual CD's as their installation
> >> media?
> By the way - since it sounds like you have the experience - how easy
> is it to mirror CentOS repositories locally? How much space do I need,
> roughly?
I mirror it manualy (os from the DVDs and update with a simple rsync), although
there is a createrepo package for mirroring repos.
My following repo (i386+x86_64) takes 12GB:
5/os/i386/CentOS
5/os/i386/repodata
5/os/i386/images
5/os/i386/images/pxeboot
5/os/i386/images/xen
5/updates/i386
5/updates/i386/RPMS
5/updates/i386/repodata
5/os/x86_64/CentOS
5/os/x86_64/repodata
5/os/x86_64/images
5/os/x86_64/images/pxeboot
5/os/x86_64/images/xen
5/updates/x86_64
5/updates/x86_64/RPMS
5/updates/x86_64/repodata
About your main issue; did you try older releases or different distros to test?
Maybe try these kernel options (noapic, acpi=off, etc...)
JD
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