I grabbed the CDs and took them to work to load the P4. OK, but there are more packages on the DVD than on the CDs. I loaded the AMD64 at home from the DVD. Correct. I have also noticed differences in the packages included. Some seem missing from one media to the other (more oddness). As stated above, there are more packages on the dual-layer 9.2 install DVD, which has 8.5GB of space, than on the 5 CDs (max of 5x700MB=3.5 GB of space), for reasons which should be obvious.
So, I got the thought that maybe, there's an odd problem with the DVD version, and thought I'd try loading the CD version on my AMD64. When the load first started it issued the warning: "You are about to load a 32 bit operating system on a 64 bit machine"
What's up with that?!?! Only the 32 bit version is available via the CDs( in 9.2 and 9.1). Use
Is it REALLY going to load the 32bit version, or can you select the 64bit version a little further into the load? AFAIK, it really is only the 32 bit version.
I have to admit that these kind of discrepenacies between media from the same disro/version/BOX is disturbing. Why? DVDs hold more than CDs, and purchased media can contain different
Ric Tibbetts wrote: the DVD for the 64 bit version. packages than the free ftp version (which rules out some pay/ special license packages)
I'm looking for any insights anyone can offer on this. Has anyone else had the opportunity to load from all 3 sources, and found differences?
This has been discussed at some great length before. Check Google. PS What exactly is your printer problem. That would be more profitable to discuss here than media differences. -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Registered Linux user 231871