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Location: United States of America and damn proud of it!
Distribution: Windows 10 prior Red Hat User
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Red Hat Package Manager Automatic Update for RH9
Hi there,
I have had my computer in storage for over 4 years now. I just reinstalled RH9 on it and cannot update the kernel via the red hat package manager. Can someone help me? As I said, I'm quite rusty as I have been out of the loop on this stuff for a few years.
Basically, I am hoping that someone would be able to help me find the updated kernel(s), download, install all applicable updates so that my system can be up to date. Like I said, I have been out of the loop for a few years so I would appreciate the help. Thanks to whoever replies!!
RH9 is older, I don't think that there are further release and updates for RH9, If you need some new features i think i can suggest you to use Fedora, Ubuntu etc
Red Hat keeps an archive with old versions here: ftp://archive.download.redhat.com (so that you have to change the configuration of system and update repositories) but take in mind that last updates for RH9 have been released in 2004! If installing a newer OS is an option, you can try CentOS (a free re-built of Red Hat Linux) or Fedora (the official spin-off of Red Hat) if the minimal hardware requirements are satisfied.
Location: United States of America and damn proud of it!
Distribution: Windows 10 prior Red Hat User
Posts: 473
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okay, thanks all for the help. However, since I have indeed been out of the loop for so long on this stuff, I was wondering if you could tell me what I have to do to download and install it? I must assume that I burn the ISO images on CD, however, I am not sure if my CD writer will work with RH9. I think it does, but I'm not certain. Can you guys walk me through? I'm sorry to be such a PITA but I'm really out of the loop here. Thanks!
Location: United States of America and damn proud of it!
Distribution: Windows 10 prior Red Hat User
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okay. I don't have a preference one way or the other. I just had used Red Hat before. I'm trying to download another "flavor" right now. Any suggestions?
Like I said, if you were used to Red Hat you can try their community-released version; Fedora.
Depends on your preferences. Ubuntu and Linux Mint are easy to use.
Zenwalk is a simple yet intuitive approach to desktop Linux.
Slackware is nice for power users.
Arch is the most basic, using only a console after install.
openSUSE has a nice system configuration tool: YaST.
Debian is rock solid stable.
Sidux is fastest KDE distro.
Secure, but it's not Linux. It uses a complex, but wonderfully functional ports system for installing packages. It is a unix-like distro with a different kernel than Linux. I think it uses a micro instead of a monolithic kernel. Typically regarded as the most secure distro in the world. License protects the developer. BSD init is simple to configure, and a preference of mine, but most Linux distros use the SysVinit.
Location: United States of America and damn proud of it!
Distribution: Windows 10 prior Red Hat User
Posts: 473
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sorry, another question. How do I use the MD5 checksum? I have not done it in years and I cannot remember. I am downloading the ISO right now but am confused as to what I need to do when running the MD5 checksum. Thanks.
Location: United States of America and damn proud of it!
Distribution: Windows 10 prior Red Hat User
Posts: 473
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gotcha! Thanks. I am now writing it to my CD's. I hope that this CD writing software is good. I am using Gnome Toaster and it's kind of hard to figure out.
Last edited by scottpioso; 03-21-2010 at 02:47 PM.
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