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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	What are the Maximum number CPUs, Maximum filesystem size, Minimum / Maximum Memory and other specifications associated...
CentOS 4 Specific FAQ in this section relate directly to CentOS 4.	12	What are the different types of files available in the CentOS 4 isos directory?
CentOS 3 Specific Answers found in this section apply to version 3.x of CentOS	11	How long will CentOS-3 updates be supported?
CentOS 2 Specific Answers found in this section apply to CentOS 2.	2	How long will CentOS-2 updates be supported?
Other Misc Questions Help for tools used by the CentOS Team, etc.	1	How do I use Bittorrent to download CentOS releases?

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	55427
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	45170
Are there any requirements on the use of CentOS Logos and artwork?	07-Mar-2006 12:59	26480
What are the different types of files available in the CentOS 4 isos directory?	06-Mar-2006 12:58	24983
How do I install software RAID CentOS4?	06-Mar-2006 11:40	45522
How do I download and burn the CentOS isos?	24-Feb-2006 10:32	41936
How do I use LVM2 with CentOS-4?	25-Jan-2006 20:42	24422
How long will CentOS-2 updates be supported?	04-Jul-2005 15:58	10117
How long will CentOS-3 updates be supported?	04-Jul-2005 15:54	14407
How long will CentOS-4 updates be supported?	04-Jul-2005 15:47	39934
Is Red Hat® Directory Server available for CentOS-4?	04-Jul-2005 03:56	33335
Is RHGFS and RHCS available for CentOS-4?	04-Jul-2005 03:50	20255
Is RHGFS and RHCS available for CentOS-3?	04-Jul-2005 03:48	7975
Who are the CentOS 4 developers and how can I contact them?	04-Jul-2005 02:09	8973
What is KBS CentOS Extras?	04-Jul-2005 01:53	35297
What is the centosplus repository for CentOS-4.	04-Jul-2005 01:46	43361
What is CentOS 4?	04-Jul-2005 01:41	32286
What is the versioning/release scheme of CentOS and how does it compare to the upstream vendor?	03-Jul-2005 23:55	47063
What are all the CentOS repositories (directories) and what is each one for?	03-Jul-2005 23:20	60010
How can I easily compare the what is in CentOS 2, CentOS 3 and CentOS 4?	29-Jun-2005 11:19	29997
The upstream provider offers Enterprise Linux in several flavors, AS, ES, WS, PWS, etc. Which one is CentOS like?	18-May-2005 18:58	37304
Where do I get the package signing key for CentOS 4?	03-Mar-2005 17:39	84369
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	37014
Are there any alternative upgrade methods to get to CentOS 4.x ?	01-Mar-2005 22:58	43074
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	23564
How do I use Bittorrent to download CentOS releases?	12-Jan-2005 05:09	57967
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	10898
Is the Donavan involved with CentOS the same one that was involved with WhiteBoxLinux?	01-Dec-2004 19:02	30702
How can I migrate a system from RedHat 9 to CentOS 3?	30-Nov-2004 07:21	15388
How do I migrate a system from WBEL-3 (White Box Enterprise Linux) to CentOS 3?	30-Nov-2004 07:11	67701
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	16806
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	56579
What achitectures are supported?	25-Nov-2004 06:00	33491
MegaRaid SATA 150-2 - CentOS3.3	25-Nov-2004 05:53	12524
Where can I get package XyZ.rpm for CentOS?	25-Nov-2004 05:47	43576
What is CentOS's relationship with Red Hat®, Inc. or RHEL?	25-Nov-2004 05:45	80509
Is there a Contrib area?	25-Nov-2004 05:42	19183
Does CentOS change the upstream Source RPMs?	25-Nov-2004 05:28	28943
Where are the ISO images?	25-Nov-2004 05:17	12028
Many RPMs still contain the name redhat, rhel, or rh. Shouldn't these be changed?	24-Nov-2004 20:19	63784
How do I get updates for CentOS?	25-Oct-2004 03:43	76335
How long after redhat publishes a fix does it take for CentOS to publish a fix?	25-Oct-2004 03:43	73652
Who maintains CentOS 2.0	17-Oct-2004 19:28	8261
Why does CentOS exist?	17-Oct-2004 19:19	103476
Who maintains CentOS 3?	17-Oct-2004 19:16	10175