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i dont know what s scr? maybe they sold u wrong CDs. if u have a fast internet connection try to download ISO images and write them to CDs. www.linuxiso.org

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i have redhat 7.3, 8.0, 9.0, fedora core 1 CDs. but i cannot check them right now.. cos my cdrom driver doesnt work. im sure they include .rpm files... there must be lots of .rpm files in your 3 of CDs.

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u checked these CDs in MS windowz? windows hides known file types by default. if u installed realplayer in windows, it thinks rpm files must be runned with real player. so it hides "rpm"

now i can see my rh9 CDs.. in my first CD..
there r these folders:
dosutils images isolinux RedHat

there r lots of *.rpm files in \RedHat\RPMS

it must be same for your CD.. is it?

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your cd is different than mine. there r 2 different iso images for redhat 9..
i checked it from ftp sites. one is *i386.iso other is *SRPMS.iso

i have *i386.iso images, ithink your cds have been created from SRPMS images.

i dont know what is SRPMS. i cant help u about this, sorry..

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i386 i586 i686 sparc alfa.. these r architecture of computers. i386 means intel 386 CPU based.. 686 means hmm like intel p3 - p4 or AMD duron athlon based systems.. but it s generally called i386.. u dont have alpha and sparc type systems.. i have never seen like this systems.. also u can see ia32 or ia64.. ia32 means 32 bits CPUs (like intel mmx-p3-p4-xeon, AMD athlon-duron-k5-k6) u have one of them.

ia64 means 64 bits CPUs ..

MD5SUM files are need to check if your downloaded files is correct..

.iso is a file type. if u wanna burn a CD like bootable, u need these CD image files.

i have tried to reply as i know. i hope i could help u

I have the seperate folders of RPMs and SRPMs in the folder of
REDHAT in the 4th and 5th cds
and RPMs in first three Cds
the SRPMs have the extension of *.scr.rpm
and are NOt the binary packages
they have only the header files for compilation of respective
software, required by GCC

src rpm files are source rpm files. They are not really needed.

They are used to create rpm files for your system rather than a generic 'catch all' system. RPM files (RedHat Package Manager files) are install files.

To install, open a console, type su to become root (after also entering the root password) and type in:

rpm -ivh <packagename>.rpm to install
rpm -Uvh <packagename.rpm to upgrade a program
rpm -e <program> to uninstall

Please bear with me - TOTAL newbie in linux. Getting a new HDD and decided to install linux on that. But Im really confused over Fedora, Debian and Radhat.
I read Redhat is no more free but they've got the free version called Fedora.
But I came across this link which seems to have 3 redhat 9 iso files for download ? They are named shrike though.
http://mymirror.asiaosc.org/redhat/linux/9/en/iso/i386/
Someone please help me
Thanks

redhat 9 version u are asking about is rh9 shrike. I use rh9 and find it very user friendly but if u want support then u would be better using fedora which is also a free version based around redhat. If u check out this link u may find some useful advice about rh9 and fedora and also about d/loading and burning iso images for install.
http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=7

Hi
Im currently using Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition on my PC which is really good as a server though no other machines are networked to it. On getting a new HDD I need a linux version that'll act like a good server. I heard Debian is excellent for this ?
Regarding Redhat support - what do they mean by 'Red Hat will stop supporting it soon' ?