Which ISO for RHEL 4 WS for x86-64 - And How to Dual-Boot Vista 64

steventimothy · 05-09-2009, 11:14 AM

I am new at Linux, I am in the entertainment industry and need to download Red Hat Enterprise WS 4 for x86-64. It is for a specific piece of software I am trialing that requires that exact OS. (Upgrade 2 or higher) - (Not CentOS or Fedora)

I am signed on as a 30-day subscriber at Red Hat. If all goes well and I buy the software, then I'll get a paid subscription.

I'm not seeing the RHEL 4.0 WS ISO, only ES, and AS. Some of the ES's say something about WS, so I'm confused. I noticed that some of the ISO's are not bootable, I will definitely need a bootable ISO.

Exactly which ISO's will I need to download from the Red Hat site to be able to boot from a CD and install RHEL 4.0 WS x86-64? (Upgrade 2 or later)- and where do I find them?

Also, I will be installing the software on a system that has Vista 64, on a separate partition of the same drive, and will need to be able to dual-boot the system. Since I'm new, and barely familiar with Linux, is there step by step instructions somewhere for doing that with RHEL 4 and Vista 64?

Thanks in advance, I'm beating my head against the wall right now!

Steve

steventimothy · 05-09-2009, 12:06 PM

If you go to the Red Hat download site, under the "Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 for AMD64/Intel EM64T)", there is another sub-category beneath that called "Red Hat Developer Suite v. 3 (WS v. 4 for x86_64)", which seems to be correct. There is one iso called "Install Disk 1".

However, I downloaded that iso, and used MagicIso on Vista to make a CD, and the CD is fine but it is not bootable. Obviously, as a newbie, I was hoping to have a bootable CD that would step me through the process.

I though that maybe I need the other 4 disks under the main heading of "Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 for AMD64/Intel EM64T)", however, since the disk I downloaded is Install disk 1, that one would be the one that should be bootable?

Is there another iso I need to download? Or what would be the procedure instead?

Thanks,

Steve

chrism01 · 05-11-2009, 01:06 AM

Did you do 'Burn as Image', not 'as File' or whatever the equiv is.? Also, is the BIOS set to boot from DVD drive first.