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Fourteen days after the teaser screenshots it's time for another progress report on the modern theme effort for BlueOnyx.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: If you operate a DNS server om BlueOnyx, please read this!
Scientific Linux 6.4 has been released. Updates are available via YUM.
Downloads
BlueOnyx is available in three flavours and various forms:
BlueOnyx 5108R:
This is the 64-bit version of BlueOnyx. It is available on both RHEL6 clones: Scientific Linux 6.3 and CentOS 6.3.
BlueOnyx 5107R:
This is the 32-bit release of BlueOnyx. It is available on both RHEL6 clones: Scientific Linux 6.3 and CentOS 6.3.
BlueOnyx 5106R:
This is the older 32-bit release of BlueOnyx. It is based on the RHEL5 clone CentOS 5.8. BlueOnyx 5106R is still in widespread usage and will be supported and updated as long as CentOS 5 is supported upstream by the CentOS project (March 31, 2014). However, for new installs we recommend to use BlueOnyx 5107R or 5108R instead.
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ISO Images:
ISO images of BlueOnyx are available on our mirror servers - free of charge.
This is the preferred installation method.
Download locations:
- updates.blueonyx.it (USA)
- www.blueonyx.nl (Netherlands)
- K3 Innovationen GmbH (Düren / Germany)
- BB-One.net Ltd (Berlin / Germany)
- Solarspeed Mirror (Karlsruhe / Germany)
- Precision Web Hosting, Inc (California / USA)
- Chautauqualake.net (NY / USA)
- DTI - Dream Train Internet (Japan)
Our ISO images are named in a way that shows which version of BlueOnyx and which RHEL clone they are based on. Additionally they have the date and timestamp in the name (YYYY-MM-DD) which shows when the ISO was rolled up.
Newest 5108R versions:
- BlueOnyx-5108R-SL-6.3-20120903.iso
- BlueOnyx-5108R-CentOS-6.3-20120903.iso
Newest 5107R versions:
- BlueOnyx-5107R-SL-6.3-20120903.iso
- BlueOnyx-5107R-CentOS-6.3-20120903.iso
Newest 5106R version:
- BlueOnyx-5106R-CentOS-5.8-20120903.iso
These ISO images include all the latest BlueOnyx updates as well as the OS related updates (CentOS v5.8 for 5106R and Scientific Linux 6.3 and/or CentOS 6.3 for 5107R/5108R).
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Installation instructions:
Just boot your server off the CD. Follow the onscreen instructions. All data on the hard disks of the server in question will be erased and BlueOnyx will be installed and configured.
However: You will need at least 20 Gigs of HD space if you install with the default partitioning scheme. To install BlueOnyx with a partitioning scheme of your own choosing, boot off the CD and instead of pressing "return" at the splash screen, enter "self" (for self partitioning) or "small" for a 10 Gig layout and then press return.
Please note:
The CD cannot be used to upgrade a BlueQuartz server to BlueOnyx!
Aventurin{e} / OpenVZ / Virtuozzo OS template:
The OS template for BlueOnyx is available free of charge for Aventurin{e} clients. It can be installed with "yum install ostemplate-blueonyx" on the Aventurin{e} master node.
The OS templates of BlueOnyx 5108R, 5107R and 5106R for generic OpenVZ and/or Virtuozzo can be obtained from Solarspeed.net, or can be downloaded here. Just download one of the *.tar.gz files, place them in /vz/template/cache/ of your Aventurin{e} or OpenVZ node to be able to create VPS's of that type. Do not unpack the *.tar.gz files.
TAR-ball for self install:
Our TAR-ball installers are available here.
TAR-ball installer for Scientific Linux 6 or CentOS6:
BlueOnyx-5107R-SL6-CentOS6-RHEL6-i386-20110716.tar.gz
TAR-ball installer for CentOS5:
BlueOnyx-5106R-CentOS5-i386-20110617.tar.gz
Please see this page for more information about how to install from the TAR-ball installer.
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