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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	46267
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	37855
Are there any requirements on the use of CentOS Logos and artwork?	07-Mar-2006 12:59	22409
What are the different types of files available in the CentOS 4 isos directory?	06-Mar-2006 12:58	22551
How do I install software RAID CentOS4?	06-Mar-2006 11:40	39930
How do I download and burn the CentOS isos?	24-Feb-2006 10:32	34957
How do I use LVM2 with CentOS-4?	25-Jan-2006 20:42	21025
How long will CentOS-2 updates be supported?	04-Jul-2005 15:58	8835
How long will CentOS-3 updates be supported?	04-Jul-2005 15:54	12977
How long will CentOS-4 updates be supported?	04-Jul-2005 15:47	36981
Is Red Hat® Directory Server available for CentOS-4?	04-Jul-2005 03:56	30788
Is RHGFS and RHCS available for CentOS-4?	04-Jul-2005 03:50	18857
Is RHGFS and RHCS available for CentOS-3?	04-Jul-2005 03:48	6998
Who are the CentOS 4 developers and how can I contact them?	04-Jul-2005 02:09	7981
What is KBS CentOS Extras?	04-Jul-2005 01:53	32852
What is the centosplus repository for CentOS-4.	04-Jul-2005 01:46	39945
What is CentOS 4?	04-Jul-2005 01:41	30202
What is the versioning/release scheme of CentOS and how does it compare to the upstream vendor?	03-Jul-2005 23:55	40219
What are all the CentOS repositories (directories) and what is each one for?	03-Jul-2005 23:20	53025
How can I easily compare the what is in CentOS 2, CentOS 3 and CentOS 4?	29-Jun-2005 11:19	26852
The upstream provider offers Enterprise Linux in several flavors, AS, ES, WS, PWS, etc. Which one is CentOS like?	18-May-2005 18:58	33767
Where do I get the package signing key for CentOS 4?	03-Mar-2005 17:39	79672
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	34766
Are there any alternative upgrade methods to get to CentOS 4.x ?	01-Mar-2005 22:58	41024
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	21331
How do I use Bittorrent to download CentOS releases?	12-Jan-2005 05:09	50470
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	9934
Is the Donavan involved with CentOS the same one that was involved with WhiteBoxLinux?	01-Dec-2004 19:02	28402
How can I migrate a system from RedHat 9 to CentOS 3?	30-Nov-2004 07:21	14228
How do I migrate a system from WBEL-3 (White Box Enterprise Linux) to CentOS 3?	30-Nov-2004 07:11	63770
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	15454
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	51754
What achitectures are supported?	25-Nov-2004 06:00	29613
MegaRaid SATA 150-2 - CentOS3.3	25-Nov-2004 05:53	11323
Where can I get package XyZ.rpm for CentOS?	25-Nov-2004 05:47	39173
What is CentOS's relationship with Red Hat®, Inc. or RHEL?	25-Nov-2004 05:45	71655
Is there a Contrib area?	25-Nov-2004 05:42	17305
Does CentOS change the upstream Source RPMs?	25-Nov-2004 05:28	25972
Where are the ISO images?	25-Nov-2004 05:17	10664
Many RPMs still contain the name redhat, rhel, or rh. Shouldn't these be changed?	24-Nov-2004 20:19	58516
How do I get updates for CentOS?	25-Oct-2004 03:43	69010
How long after redhat publishes a fix does it take for CentOS to publish a fix?	25-Oct-2004 03:43	65356
Who maintains CentOS 2.0	17-Oct-2004 19:28	7259
Why does CentOS exist?	17-Oct-2004 19:19	92374
Who maintains CentOS 3?	17-Oct-2004 19:16	9078