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Category Q&A Last Q&A published
 General CentOS Questions
Answers found in this section and related subsections apply to all versions of CentOS
19
 CentOS 4 Specific
FAQ in this section relate directly to CentOS 4.
12
 CentOS 3 Specific
Answers found in this section apply to version 3.x of CentOS
11
 CentOS 2 Specific
Answers found in this section apply to CentOS 2.
2
 Other Misc Questions
Help for tools used by the CentOS Team, etc.
1

 Last published Q&A
Here is a list of the last Q&As that were published.
Question Published on Hits
What are the Maximum number CPUs, Maximum filesystem size, Minimum / Maximum Memory and other specifications associated...
25-Jun-2006 14:18
94803
Can I add X to my server after install? or I installed from the Server ISO and it didn't install X, how do I inst...
14-Mar-2006 20:43
99570
Are there any requirements on the use of CentOS Logos and artwork?
07-Mar-2006 12:59
48401
What are the different types of files available in the CentOS 4 isos directory?
06-Mar-2006 12:58
41796
How do I install software RAID CentOS4?
06-Mar-2006 11:40
70046
How do I download and burn the CentOS isos?
24-Feb-2006 10:32
83206
How do I use LVM2 with CentOS-4?
25-Jan-2006 20:42
41141
How long will CentOS-2 updates be supported?
04-Jul-2005 15:58
22992
How long will CentOS-3 updates be supported?
04-Jul-2005 15:54
28422
How long will CentOS-4 updates be supported?
04-Jul-2005 15:47
58457
Is Red Hat® Directory Server available for CentOS-4?
04-Jul-2005 03:56
46697
Is RHGFS and RHCS available for CentOS-4?
04-Jul-2005 03:50
33731
Is RHGFS and RHCS available for CentOS-3?
04-Jul-2005 03:48
19730
Who are the CentOS 4 developers and how can I contact them?
04-Jul-2005 02:09
20111
What is KBS CentOS Extras?
04-Jul-2005 01:53
48942
What is the centosplus repository for CentOS-4.
04-Jul-2005 01:46
58590
What is CentOS 4?
04-Jul-2005 01:41
46286
What is the versioning/release scheme of CentOS and how does it compare to the upstream vendor?
03-Jul-2005 23:55
101751
What are all the CentOS repositories (directories) and what is each one for?
03-Jul-2005 23:20
85707
How can I easily compare the what is in CentOS 2, CentOS 3 and CentOS 4?
29-Jun-2005 11:19
46706
The upstream provider offers Enterprise Linux in several flavors, AS, ES, WS, PWS, etc. Which one is CentOS like?
18-May-2005 18:58
56378
Where do I get the package signing key for CentOS 4?
03-Mar-2005 17:39
111495
Why does YUM complain about missing a GPG key under CentOS?
or
I just installed the latest Centos and Yum k...
03-Mar-2005 17:15
52526
Are there any alternative upgrade methods to get to CentOS 4.x ?
01-Mar-2005 22:58
59058
I installed CentOS and included mysql (or postgresql), but it (they) didn't get installed. Where are they and how...
21-Jan-2005 04:18
38056
How do I use Bittorrent to download CentOS releases?
12-Jan-2005 05:09
101945
Why does my recently downloaded CentOS 3.3 x86_64 say it is RC1? Isn't the x86_64 edition released yet?
07-Dec-2004 19:27
22032
Is the Donavan involved with CentOS the same one that was involved with WhiteBoxLinux?
01-Dec-2004 19:02
47238
How can I migrate a system from RedHat 9 to CentOS 3?
30-Nov-2004 07:21
27592
How do I migrate a system from WBEL-3 (White Box Enterprise Linux) to CentOS 3?
30-Nov-2004 07:11
90736
What are the differences between centos 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3? Are they all based on RedHat Enterprise Server (sic Linux) ...
26-Nov-2004 03:59
29395
Why does YUM complain about missing a GPG key under CentOS?
or
I just installed Centos and yum keeps report...
25-Nov-2004 06:16
79886
What achitectures are supported?
25-Nov-2004 06:00
55069
MegaRaid SATA 150-2 - CentOS3.3
25-Nov-2004 05:53
23819
Where can I get package XyZ.rpm for CentOS?
25-Nov-2004 05:47
66890
What is CentOS's relationship with Red Hat®, Inc. or RHEL?
25-Nov-2004 05:45
123039
Is there a Contrib area?
25-Nov-2004 05:42
33345
Does CentOS change the upstream Source RPMs?
25-Nov-2004 05:28
45651
Where are the ISO images?
25-Nov-2004 05:17
25857
Many RPMs still contain the name redhat, rhel, or rh. Shouldn't these be changed?
24-Nov-2004 20:19
91991
How do I get updates for CentOS?
25-Oct-2004 03:43
120245
How long after redhat publishes a fix does it take for CentOS to publish a fix?
25-Oct-2004 03:43
110270
Who maintains CentOS 2.0
17-Oct-2004 19:28
21221
Why does CentOS exist?
17-Oct-2004 19:19
150929
Who maintains CentOS 3?
17-Oct-2004 19:16
22125




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