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2020-05-04

CERN CentOS 7.8 available for installation.

Dear Linux users.

We are pleased to announce that the updated CERN Centos Linux (CC7) version:

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            CC 7.8 is available
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          as of Monday 04.05.2020

and is now default CC7 production version.

For information about CC78, including installation instructions please visit:

    <a href="http://cern.ch/linux/centos7/">http://cern.ch/linux/centos7/</a>

• Installation:

  • via PXE network boot menu (http://cern.ch/linux/install/)

  • non-PXE installation:

  http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/centos/7.8/os/x86_64/images/

  and corresponding installation path is:

  http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/centos/7.8/os/x86_64/

  • Automated PXE installations using AIMS2

  Boot targets are:

  CC7_X86_64
  CC78_X86_64
  

  • A new Openstack image is also available:

    name : CC7 - x86_64 [2020-05-04]

• Upgrading from previous CERN CentOS 7.X release:

  CC7 system can be updated by running:
  
  # yum --enablerepo={updates,extras,cern,cernonly} clean all
  # yum --enablerepo={updates,extras,cern,cernonly} update
  

-- Ben Morrice on behalf of the Linux Team