Thanks Urs!

I was working with the SL54 x64 DVD and setup an NFSroot diskless client 
last night.  You clear instructions made this easy.

I'll next try adding some packages (Dell OMSA, DTK) to the DVD.

Cheers,
Tom Rockwell
Michigan State U.

Urs Beyerle wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD 5.4 has been released for i386 and x86_64.
>
> The Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD 5.4 can be downloaded from
> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/livecd/54.
> Public mirrors of Scientific Linux 5.4 LiveCD/DVD can be found at the
> Scientificlinux.org download page https://www.scientificlinux.org/download
>
> - Urs Beyerle
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>        Scientific Linux 5.4 Live CD and DVD (32bit and 64bit)
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD is a bootable CD/DVD that runs
> Linux directly from CD/DVD without installing. It is based on
> Scientific Linux 5.4 (SL54), which is recompiled from RedHat
> Enterprise Linux 5 sources (RHEL5).
>
> The following versions of the Scientific Linux LiveCD/DVD are
> available for download:
>
>  - livecd:       CD-ROM for 32bit
>  - livecd64:     CD-ROM for 64bit
>  - livedvd:      DVD-ROM for 32bit
>  - livedvd64:    DVD-ROM for 64bit
>  - mini_livecd:  Mini CD-ROM for 32bit
>
>
> Features
>
>  - LiveCD/DVD can be installed to local hard disk
>  - LiveCD runs from USB key
>  - Changes can be stored persistently on an external device
>  - LiveCD can be mounted over NFS (diskless client)
>
>
> Software
>
>  - kernel 2.6.18-164.6.1.el5
>  - openAFS client 1.4.11
>  - xorg 7.1
>  - 3D desktop with compiz and AIGLX
>    (must be enabled first: System -> Preferences -> Desktop Effects)
>  - alsa sound lib 1.0.17
>  - gnome 2.16.0 (standard desktop)
>  - gimp 2.2.13
>  - openoffice.org 2.3.0
>  - firefox 3.0.15
>  - thunderbird 2.0.0.22
>  - kde 3.5.4 (only on LiveDVD)
>  - evolution 2.12.3 (only on LiveDVD)
>  - ... and much more
>
>
> Software added compared to standard Scientific Linux
>
>  - ntfs-3g (read/write NTFS support)
>  - ntfsprogs
>  - gparted
>  - reiserfs-utils, progsreiserfs
>  - ms-sys
>  - testdisk
>  - dd_rescue
>  - ddrescue
>  - partimage
>  - iperf
>  - xdialog
>  - xfe, rxvt-unicode (only on Mini LiveCD)
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> More information can be found at http://www.livecd.ethz.ch
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>