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What exactly are you trying to download? If you are literally trying to download Red Hat Linux, don't bother as it's out of date and unsupported. You should use a newer distro.
I suspect the OP is really talking about Fedora 9 - even with the source RPMs I don't reckon RH9 would stretch to 6 CDs.
If Fedora 9, yes you need them all - depending on hardware/software options. I found the last two were hardly used, but still needed.
Maybe look at doing a minimal (netinst) install - whould save you some on the total download. Read the install doc on the site.
Only use Red Hat Enterprise if you can afford the licences and support. If you want to learn Red Hat, use CentOS - it's a Red Hat clone minus the logos and some proprietary stuff. Lots of servers on the web use it and Red Hat often contribute code to it.
I'd have to agree with Xavier. RHEL does get expensive with licenses and support, so CentOS or Fedora would be a great choice. but Red Hat 9 (Shrike) is WAY obsolete...I would use it as a fooling around system in say, VirtualBox, but I wouldn't use it as one of my full time operating systems (current ones are openSUSE 11, CentOS 5.1, Mandriva One 2008, and Fedora 9)
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