A few more notes.

There are no CD or DVD iso images.  This release is currently only 
installable as a network install.

When mirroring this release, it is best to do rsync, and to use the 
hardlink option (-H).  This is because there is alot of duplication, and 
we have created hard links for those duplicates.
Instructions are available at
https://www.scientificlinux.org/download/mirroring/mirror.rsync

Did I mention that this isn't for production use.

Thank You
- Troy Dawson
- Connie Sieh

Troy Dawson wrote:
> The Scientific Linux developers are pleased to announce our "Very Alpha 
> Release" of Scientific Linux 5.0
> 
> This is not for production use.
> This release will change *dramatically* before the final release.
> You have been warned.
> 
> Below are the changes from The Upstream Vendor Beta 2 release
> 
> -Connie Sieh
> -Troy Dawson
> 
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> 
> INFO
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> 
> Web Site
>   https://www.scientificlinux.org
> 
> FTP
>   ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/
> 
> Mailing Lists
>   [log in to unmask]     Development of Scientific Linux
>   [log in to unmask]     Users of Scientific Linux 
> supporting each other
>   [log in to unmask]  Announcements concerning 
> Scientific Linux
>   [log in to unmask]    Announcements about Security Errata
> 
> 
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> 
> ADDED compared to vendor
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> 
> nedit
>     NEdit is a GUI text editor for the X Window System and Motif.
> 
>     nedit-5.5-10.i386.rpm
> 
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Changed RPMS compared to vendor
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     yum-3.0-5.5.SL.noarch.rpm
>     yum-conf-50-0.2.rolling.SL.noarch.rpm
>     gdm-2.16.0-19.SL.1.i386.rpm
> 
> There are minimal changes compared to the "vendor" release.  We have 
> changed the "rpms" that are required to be changed.  These changes are 
> defined by the "vendor".
> 
>     redhat-logos-4.9.8-1.SL.3.noarch.rpm
>     redhat-artwork-5.0.5-21.SL.1.i386.rpm
>     sl-release-5.0-1.i386.rpm
>     sl-release-notes-5.0-2.i386.rpm
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> 
> /Client /Server /VT /Workstation /Cluster /ClusterStorage
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> 
> TUVv5b2 consists of 2 cd sets,  Server and Client.  Each cd set has a 
> group of directories which contain the actual rpms.  On the Client cd 
> this consists of Client,Workstation and VT.  On the Server cd this 
> consists of Server,VT, Cluster, ClusterStorage.  The VT directory 
> contains the same rpms on each cd.
> The Cluster, ClusterStorage and Workstation directories do not have any 
> common rpms. The Client and Server directories contain many common rpms 
> along with many unique rpms.  I have combined the 2 cd sets into 1 big 
> tree.  If a rpm is in multiple directories I have made it via a hard 
> link to save disk space
> 
> We are not sure if we will keep this big tree of directories or not.  It 
> has the advantage as having the same tree structure as RHELv5b2.
> 
> To install the rpms in /VT /Workstation /Cluster /ClusterStorage you
> need to enter V for VT and W for Workstation and C for Cluster and S for
> ClustorStorage at the "key" prompt in the installer.  This is code from
> TUVv5b2.  It will be changed in our next beta.
> So to install all of these you would put in
> 
>  VWCS
> 
> at the "keys" prompt
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>   /SRPMS/
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> At the moment, TUV SRPM's are still on the TUV's publically available 
> ftp server.  When we get them up, they will be at
> 
> scientific/5rolling/SRPMS/vendor/original
> 
> Our modified SRPMS are at
> 
> scientific/5rolling/SRPMS/
> 
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> There were some RPMS that did not build yet.  For those packages we have 
> used the publically available packages from TUV.  The largest of these 
> is openoffice.  There are about 7 other smaller packages where we have 
> done this as well.
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>