Re: where 2 dl red hat 9
From: Jim Fischer (jfischer_link5809_at_now.here.com)
Date: 07/04/03
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Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 19:40:13 -0500
In alt.os.linux.redhat, robert smith wrote:
> I have win xp pro at the mo please could someone tell me where i can
> download red hat 9 or another version of linux
> many thanks
You can download the RH9 .iso images from Red Hat's FTP server, but the
bandwidth on RH's FTP server is so severely limited that it will take
you *DAYS* (literally) to download just one 650 MB .iso image. Since you
need at least 3 of these .iso image files(*), downloading these files
from Red Hat's FTP site is not a viable option, IMO.
(*) To install RH9, you must download all of the *-i386-disc?.iso image
files (there are 3 of these for RH9). If you also want the source RPM
CDs, you need to download all of the *-SRPMS-disc?.iso image files as
well. FWIW, the SRPM images are optional; you do not need these CDs to
install/use RH9.
As an alternative to downloading the .iso image files from RH's FTP
server, here's what I recommend you do instead. Visit Red Hat's FTP site
to learn the names of the RH9 .iso image files, but do not try to
download them from there. For example: If you look in the directory,
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/current/en/iso/i386/
you'll see that the RH9 .iso image files are named,
shrike-i386-disc?.iso // ? = { 1, 2, 3 }
shrike-SRPMS-disc?.iso
[n.b. This directory also has a file named 'MD5SUM'. This file is small
and you *SHOULD* download this file from Red Hat's FTP server.]
FWIW, the .iso images that provide the RH9 documentation CDs are located
here:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/current/en/iso/doc/
[n.b. You can also view the RH9 documentation online at:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/
]
Now that you know the names of the RH9 .iso image files, use an FTP
search engine, e.g.,
to try and locate these .iso files on a different (faster!) FTP server.
For example: Visit the FileSearching.com web site and search for,
shrike-i386-disc*.iso
After you download the .iso image files, you need to calculate the MD5
checksum for each .iso file.(*) You then need to compare the calculated
MD5 checksums with the MD5 checksums shown in the 'MD5SUM' file that you
downloaded from Red Hat's FTP server. For a given .iso image file, if
the calculated MD5 checksum matches exactly the corresponding MD5
checksum in the 'MD5SUM' file, then you are ready to burn that .iso
image file onto a blank CDR/CDRW disc.
(*) If you're burning the .iso images onto CDR/CDRW discs within the
Microsoft Windows environment, you'll need to get yourself a program
that can calculate MD5 checksums. (IIRC, MS Windows does not come with
an MD5 checksum program.) The MD5 checksum program I use in MS Windows
is called 'md5summer' (it's free):
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Jim
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