[SOLVED] Download RedHat free

greatcyrus · 03-08-2011, 08:15 AM

hey guys,

any1 knows how can i download Redhat free ?

thx to all

Nylex · 03-08-2011, 08:18 AM

If you mean Red Hat Enterprise Linux, you can use a free clone called CentOS.

snowday · 03-08-2011, 08:36 AM

Kenny_Strawn · 03-08-2011, 08:57 AM

Have to agree with Nylex here. However, CentOS is based on RHEL 5, not RHEL 6.

If you want to have a more up-to-date system that is a project of Red Hat's and has the same package manager / other tools, try Fedora.

GazL · 03-08-2011, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kenny_Strawn

Have to agree with Nylex here. However, CentOS is based on RHEL 5, not RHEL 6.

That's probably not a bad thing at this stage. A lot of the 3rd party RPM repos are still playing catch up making RHEL6 specific packages available, so unless you're comfortable porting .SPEC files from previous versions and building your own packages then you may not want to be an early adopter anyway.

szboardstretcher · 03-08-2011, 09:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kenny_Strawn

Have to agree with Nylex here. However, CentOS is based on RHEL 5, not RHEL 6.

If you want to have a more up-to-date system that is a project of Red Hat's and has the same package manager / other tools, try Fedora.

Go with Centos/RHEL 5 it is tried and tested and proven itself. RHEL 6 just came out.

greatcyrus · 03-09-2011, 03:41 AM

Thanks to all ,

I downloaded RH9 shrike but when i try to install it on VBOX the installation gives an error:

hde2: rest:master

Please som1 help

Nylex · 03-09-2011, 04:03 AM

Don't bother with Red Hat 9, as it's obsolete and no longer supported. Use a newer, supported distribution instead.

greatcyrus · 03-09-2011, 05:57 AM

Thanks to all

I download centOS instead RH

rsciw · 03-09-2011, 07:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kenny_Strawn

Have to agree with Nylex here. However, CentOS is based on RHEL 5, not RHEL 6.

If you want to have a more up-to-date system that is a project of Red Hat's and has the same package manager / other tools, try Fedora.

not quite correct.
CentOS is not RHEL 5 but trademark-removed RHEL
CentOS 4 <-> RHEL 4
CentOS 5 <-> RHEL 5
CentOS 6 <-> RHEL 6, but that's still in work, seeing as the CentOS team's also busy with getting CentOS 4.9 and 5.6 out, which have higher priority than 6.0.

Fedora is neat and usually bleeding edge, but nothing recommendable for a long term server plan, especially since it's EOL is only 13 months iirc.
(that said, OP hasn't specified the needs, just throwing it out here)