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Old 05-07-2007, 03:39 AM   #1
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Question RHEL ES 4 ISO's

Can anybody suggest where can i download an ISO image of RHEL ES 4 ISO's? i have a problem with my RHEL CD 3 went to RH site but to found out my subscription expired.

Is their any site out their that can i download RHEL ES 4 ISO images ?

Thanks
 
Old 05-07-2007, 05:42 AM   #2
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you should be able to download it from RHN if you have a valid
RHN support entitlement (https://rhn.redhat.com)
and since yours is expired, you need to buy an RHN entitlement (for updates and ISO downloads).
maybe you'd consider using CEntOS instead (www.centos.org). it's 'almost' the same as RHEL.
 
Old 05-08-2007, 09:17 AM   #3
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They should still give you replacement CDs if you bitch to them about it.

You might find ISOs on p2p, get the LAN admin to do some port forwarding for you .
 
Old 05-08-2007, 12:06 PM   #4
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They should still give you replacement CDs if you bitch to them about it.

You might find ISOs on p2p, get the LAN admin to do some port forwarding for you .
It's called CentOS people.. and let's not promote piracy on the forums, which is against our rules.

As for the original poster, either renew your subscription or just download CentOS, it's basically the same thing without the official support.
 
Old 05-08-2007, 08:12 PM   #5
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It's called CentOS people.. and let's not promote piracy on the forums, which is against our rules.

As for the original poster, either renew your subscription or just download CentOS, it's basically the same thing without the official support.
Hi Tricky,

CentOS is not an option for many organisations due to lack of support. And I don't believe that obtaining ISO images of any version of RedHat is piracy. RedHat charge for support and access to RHN, my understanding is that the actual RH installation software is free, if that's not correct, then I agree that I should not be promoting piracy , it was not my intention.
 
Old 05-08-2007, 11:14 PM   #6
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RHEL ES 4 ISO's
Yes i agree with you that we only pay for the support with RH so why RH is not providing the downloadable copy ? SuSe Enterprise i think is providing ISO downloads

so its just like you need to subscribe before you can download thing...
Last edited by potatoque; 05-08-2007 at 11:24 PM.
 
Old 05-08-2007, 11:33 PM   #7
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Funny you should mention SuSE, when I was using version 7.2 (I think) they would not provide ISO images either. They wanted you to either install via FTP or purchase the box. I went out and bought the box. The documentation that came with it was great I was very happy to find.
 
Old 05-14-2007, 01:41 PM   #8
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You can copy a RHEL disk if you like. There is nothing in the rules that says you can't. It is not piracy... blah blah blah

Harlin Seritt
 
Old 05-15-2007, 01:21 AM   #9
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Uhh... yeah. That's what I said; they sell services, not software.

I suppose you can point out the rules that state you cannot duplicate the software and hand it around, or install it on a thousand machines?
 
Old 05-16-2007, 08:30 AM   #10
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TheLateJC, who did you direct that too? Just curious :-)
 
Old 05-16-2007, 08:35 AM   #11
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Quote:
Originally Posted by potatoque
Yes i agree with you that we only pay for the support with RH so why RH is not providing the downloadable copy ? SuSe Enterprise i think is providing ISO downloads

so its just like you need to subscribe before you can download thing...
According to the GPL, Redhat does not have to provide you with binaries. To comply with the GPL, all they need to do is make sure that you have access to the source code.
 
Old 05-21-2007, 04:32 AM   #12
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if they provide source code can i ?
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According to the GPL, Redhat does not have to provide you with binaries. To comply with the GPL, all they need to do is make sure that you have access to the source code.
if they provide the source code can i compile it right ? and make an installer ?
 
Old 05-21-2007, 09:59 AM   #13
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if they provide the source code can i compile it right ? and make an installer ?
Once you get the source, you can do whatever the GPL allows you to do, but trying to compile all of those binaries are a pain.

This should answer your questions: http://linuxmafia.com/faq/RedHat/rhel-isos.html

This guide shows compiling RHEL 3 from source (the general idea should still apply to 5): http://leapster.org/linux/redhat/rhel/
 
Old 05-22-2007, 12:20 AM   #14
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if they provide the source code can i compile it right ? and make an installer ?
You don't need to, you can just use theirs.

You are free to do whatever you want with RHEL, but if you plan to resell it then you must remove RH trademarks such as their images and name.
 
  


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