nellie2 Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 (please wait for the images to load)Red Hat Linux blends a polished look and feel, useful applications, and leading edge technologies to create a rich personal productivity environment.To install RedHat 9 you first you will need to download three ISO images, these images then have to be burned to a CD-R.You can download Red Hat Linux for free from http://ftp.redhat.com or ftp://ftp.redhat.com. To access the Red Hat FTP site, use anonymous as you user name and your email address as the password. To download the 3 ISO images please click hereOr click here You should now be able to choose where you will download these image files. Preferably download from the country you live in; as it should be faster.When you click one of the many download locations you should be given a list of downloadable files. The following files should be downloaded:shrike-i386-disc1.isoshrike-i386-disc2.isoshrike-i386-disc3.isoFTP Path: linux/9/en/iso/i386/The above files are close to 700MB and they will take sometime to download and because of this a Broadband Connection will be required.A Download Manager would be useful, click here for information a Download Manager.Md5sumYou may notice this file on all download locations where Linux is available. It is a very useful file that you could download. This file holds a finger print of the three Linux files. The finger print can be compared with the finger print of the Linux files that you have downloaded. This purpose of this is to check that the files are complete and not corrupted. Click Here to learn how to check the files with the Md5sum.Note: You do not have to check your files with Md5sum and you can go straight to the burning, but it is useful tool.Md5sum File: MD5SUMWhen you have downloaded your first ISO image you will then need to burn this file to a CD-R. However you need to burn the file as an Image. Do not simply burn the file to a CD-R as the CD-R will be useless.To burn the file as an Image in Nero, click File, Burn Image...Now point Nero in the direction of the ISO file you have downloaded. Then in Nero click Write and the image will be burned to the CD-R.You will have to do this a further 2 times with the other ISO Images.Boot from CD1To start the install of Linux you will now need to boot from the CD1 click here for instructions on how to boot from the CD.You will be given the choice to install in graphical mode or text mode, unless you are feeling particularly adventuorous, press enter to install in graphical mode. (see pic below)Linux will search for hardware on your computer, (see pic below)Linux will ask if you want to test your CD's, if you have already done this using MD5sum then you can skip this bit, otherwise press enter or click ok to test. (see pic below)Follow the instructionsWhen testing is complete, Redhat will begin to load your essential hardware. (see pic)The first screen you will see is the welcome screen, it is a good idea to leave the help in the left hand window, press NextNow you have to select which language you wish to use, just choose your language and click Next. [see pic below]Now you have to configure your keyboard, choose your preferred setup and click NextThen choose your mouse, Redhat will automatically select the one it has detected so you can leave this on the default setting unless you are sure that Redhat has made a mistake, click NextNow you have to choose the type of installation you want, for this exercise, unless you specifically want a different installation leave it at the default of Personal Desktop click NextPart 2Part 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-2004 Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 shrike-SRPMS-disc1.isowhat are these ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-2004 Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 A Download Manager would be useful, click here for information a Download Manager.that link takes me to the md5sum site :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-2004 Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Yes really....It did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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