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Unless you have a pre-existing account with Red Hat, which costs money, I would recommend you look into using CentOS instead. It's a binary-compatible linux distribution literally built from the RHEL source code--99.99% the same thing, just with the RH corporate logos etc. removed.
Unless you have a pre-existing account with Red Hat, which costs money, I would recommend you look into using CentOS instead. It's a binary-compatible linux distribution literally built from the RHEL source code--99.99% the same thing, just with the RH corporate logos etc. removed.
Ah. I had recommended CentOS as most newcomers to linux either don't have access to a RHEL subscription, or don't have the funds to pay for one.
If you already have an account with Redhat then I certainly would check to see what they have available!
Even for those without accounts Redhat provides freely-available documentation for their RHEL product (among many other linux topics), including installation guides, at http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/ . These are available in html and PDF formats.
As a paying customer you also should be able to download the necessary .ISO image(s) to install RHEL on your computer; RHEL 5 update 4 is the latest build of which I'm aware, and I would use that unless you know you need RHEL4 for some specific backwards-compatibility.
Ah. I had recommended CentOS as most newcomers to linux either don't have access to a RHEL subscription, or don't have the funds to pay for one.
If you already have an account with Redhat then I certainly would check to see what they have available!
Even for those without accounts Redhat provides freely-available documentation for their RHEL product (among many other linux topics), including installation guides, at http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/ . These are available in html and PDF formats.
As a paying customer you also should be able to download the necessary .ISO image(s) to install RHEL on your computer; RHEL 5 update 4 is the latest build of which I'm aware, and I would use that unless you know you need RHEL4 for some specific backwards-compatibility.
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We have downloaded the ISO images from RH site. But, yet to install & check the same
Have you actually paid RH or registered for the 30 day trial? I would not pay for subscription for personal use though not a bad idea if you are running an enterprise or organization.
That said, if you are looking for manuals then RH site has a lot of documentation that you can start with. You can also visit a book store near you and get some books from RH press or O'Reilly.
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