hey,



i have no clue as how to install Red Hat 9...


i was running KNOPPIX v3.3 on the same system and atm i am formating the system... do i just put in the Red Hat 9 and pray it will start the installation...

also , which option is better for me :

I want to make my Linux machine my home server for the internet, i have everything nescesary etc etc... i am just asking which option for installation would be better?

Server or Personal Computer?

First, you should consider using Fedora instead of Red Hat 9. RH9 is no longer the newest free RH distro and is no longer being updated by Red Hat. Second, if you have a CD set, you should be able to just put disk 1 in the drive and boot off of it (assuming your bios is set to boot from cd -- most are).

As for which configuration is better: If you want to run services, the server config will install some by default and lay out the partitions differently from a workstation install. So if you want to save yourself a bit of trouble, do server. If you plan on using all the graphical niceness, play games, music, videos, etc then you should do a workstation install and then install the services you want later.

Probably the best option would be to choose to customize the list of installed packages. That way you just install whatever it is you want.

ok i have a really bad problem right now , i put in the cd ( red hat 9 ) and it gives me the error " ISOLINUX 2.00 2002-10-25 isolinux: Disk error 01, AX = 429B,9F"

how do i start the installation???

Looks like your CD might be corrupt... i'd try getting another copy or go by usernamenumber's suggestion and get yaself a cpy of fedora - much more updated software

ok so when i get Fedora or whatever , is it EXACTLY like Red Hat?

does it contain the same installation features like Red Hat? Auto - partitioning, i want Fedora to be basically the same as Red Hat with the network settings... does it offer BETTER or THE SAME features??

K basically... no

The installation looks and feels the same BUT you can't select individual packages (which BTW I hate) but yeah it uses the same partitioner so you can get it to auto partition for you if thats what you want...

But it's also more up2date than Redhat (well what was the free version anyway)...

When you get FC installed you still have the redhat-config packages so it's exactly the same setup for networking etc... But then again, why not take a jump in the dark - there's better distros out there, I'm just waiting for Suse 9.1 to come out, very nice distro apparently

Good luck, i'm sure that if you choose Fedora you'll be just as happy as you would be with Redhat...

Oh and BTW - I would suggest using "Custom", then you can choose what you want in your install

excellent....

i just delted Red Hat off my HDD and stored the Cd's somewhere safe...( i dont know why... )

lol i mabout to install Fedora Project... thank you!


my last question is , does Fedora have a graphical network install configurator like Red Hat, ie , "ADD NEW DEVICE" for example...?


thank you for the suggestion! am about to install Fedora!

yup sure does all that stuff is the same

AWESOEM!!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Before you actually try the install, since you had a bad disk, why don't you check the md5sum before you burn it (and after if you wanna be careful - but I never really do). From GNU/Linux, just type [code]md5sum <nameoffile> and wait for a minute while it computes. If it doesn't match EXACTLY to the md5sum listed on the site with the download, its not exactly the same file. Download it again.

If you have to do this from Windows, download a program called md5summer for the job. Good luck. Remember, if Fedora is not your cup of tea, you can try other distros. check them out at www.distrowatch.com or www.linux.org