Contact Red Hat Software for ordering information. The best way is via http://www.redhat.com. For other info, send mail to info@redhat.com for an automated reply (quite helpful...really). You can also poke around ftp://ftp.redhat.com and http://www.redhat.com for new announcements and product info.
It is available on CD and via FTP at this point. To find out where you can FTP it from, see the question on Red Hat Mirrors.
There are several mirrors of the Red Hat FTP site:
UK -- sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk /packages/linux/redhat nfs-uxsup.csx.cam.ac.uk /pub/redhat/ ftp.ox.ac.uk /pub/linux/redhat Europe ------ ftp.pk.edu.pl /pub/linux/redhat ftp.arch.pwr.wroc.pl /mirror/linux/redhat/ ftp.ras.ru /pub/Linux/redhat ftp.u-bordeaux.fr /pub/Linux/redhat ftp.ibp.fr /pub/linux/distributions/redhat redhat.netvision.net.il /pub/mirrors/redhat ftp.sorosis.ro /pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de /pub/linux/mirror/ftp.redhat.com ftp.jate.u-szeged.hu /pub/linux/redhat ftp.ibp.fr /pub/linux/distributions/redhat ftp.gwdg.de /pub/linux/install/redhat ftp.msu.ru /pub/Linux/RedHat ftp.sgg.ru /mirror/redhat sunsite.mff.cuni.cz /OS/Linux/Distributions/Redhat ftp.ton.tut.fi /pub/Linux/RedHat garbo.uwasa.fi /pub/mirror/RedHat ftp.funet.fi /pub/Linux/images/RedHat sunsite.icm.edu.pl /pub/Linux/redhat ftp.arch.pwr.proc.pl /mirror/linux/redhat ftp.rhi.hi.is /pub/linux/RedHat ftp.nvg.unit.no /pub/linux/redhat ftp.pk.edu.pl /pub/linux/redhat ftp.nluug.nl /pub/os/Linux/distr/RedHat dutepp0.et.tudelft.nl /pub/Unix/Linux/Distributions/redhat ftp.iol.ie /pub/Unix/Linux/distributions/RedHat sunsite.auc.dk /pub/os/linux/redhat ftp.cs.us.es /pub/Linux/redhat ftp.sorosis.ro /pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com Africa ------ ftp.is.co.za /linux/distributions/redhat Asia ---- ftp.dstc.edu.au /pub/linux-redhat dopey.gist.net.au /pub/redhat ftp.dacom.co.kr /pub/Linux/redhat ftp.lab.kdd.co.jp /OS/Linux/packages/redhat sunsite.ust.hk /pub/Linux/distributions/redhat ftp.tku.edu.tw /Unix/Linux/RedHat ftp.wownet.net /LINUX/redhat South America ------------- ftp.sunsite.dcc.uchile.cl /pub/OS/linux/redhat North America ------------- ftp.varesearch.com /pub/mirrors/redhat ftp.xtn.net /pub/linux/redhat ftp-nog.rutgers.edu /pub/linux/distributions/redhat ftp.interpath.net /pub/linux/redhat schlitz.cae.wisc.edu /pub/Linux/RedHat ftp.engr.uark.edu /pub/linux/redhat ftp.infomagic.com /pub/mirrors/linux/RedHat ftp.wgs.com /pub/linux/redhat ftp.drcdrom.com /pub/linux-redhat ftp.hkstar.com /pub/Linux/redhat ftp.pht.com /pub/linux/redhat linux.ucs.indiana.edu /pub/linux/redhat ftp.uoknor.edu /linux/redhat ftp.cc.gatech.edu /pub/linux/distributions/redhat uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu /pub/systems/linux/distributions/redhat ftp.caldera.com /pub/mirrors/redhat ftp.cms.uncwil.edu /linux/redhat ftp.wilmington.net /linux/redhat sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/distributions/redhat gatekeeper.dec.com /pub/linux/redhat ftp.rge.com /pub/systems/linux/redhat linuxwww.db.erau.edu /pub/linux/distrib/redhat ftp.eit.com /pub/mirrors/redhat ftp.real-time.com /pub/redhat ftp.priority.net /pub/redhat ftp.miranda.org /pub/mirrors/redhat ftp.siriuscc.com /pub/Linux/Redhat
The rest of this document has path references to files on these mirrors. Just concatenate that file name to any of the above mirror locations to find the file.
The Red Hat Software Sales Department can be reached at:
phone: (919) 572-6500
(888) RED-HAT1
fax: (919) 572-6726
email: sales@redhat.com
WWW: http://www.redhat.com
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phone: (919) 572-6500
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Keep your eye on:
for new information we've made available since the current CD was pressed. Also check the contrib directory on our FTP mirrors for packages that users have sent to us. We will also make periodic announcements to redhat-announce-list with updates.
Please do not ask for support unless you purchase a Red Hat Linux CD-ROM product produced by Red Hat Software. Yes, if you have Caldera then you have Red Hat Linux, but you bought it from Caldera. If you would like support for Caldera, please see their web site: http://www.caldera.com for their support options.
Also, Pacific Hi-Tech has sold CDs with ``Official Red Hat Linux'' on them. While it is a good CD, it was produced by them and is supported by them. Please don't contact us for help with PHT CDs.
All are separate companies. As with any maker of Linux CD-ROMs, Caldera, Pacific Hi-Tech, Yggdrasil, and LSL are all free to use Red Hat Linux as the basis for their products. This does, however, make those vendors solely responsible for supporting their product if they want it supported. We can not support other vendors products directly, though users of Red Hat from other vendors are welcomed to participate in our mailing lists and make complete use of our WWW site and FTP site.
If you are experiencing problems with the product you received (eg your manual is missing pages or your CD-ROM is scratched), please contact the Red Hat Software at sales@redhat.com or by phone using the above contact information. The problem will be rectified promptly. Please do not report these problems on the redhat-list or to support as they are likely isolated and your product will simply need to be replaced.
(No, this is not a common problem, but it does happen from time to time.)
You can search for answers to your questions first via http://www.redhat.com. This has a search engine to search all the Red Hat mailing lists. If you don't find what you need, you can join the redhat-list and then send mail to redhat-list@redhat.com with your questions.
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Due to relatively high traffic on that list, we also have the redhat-announce-list. It is used only for announcements of major concern to the Red Hat community and is low traffic. Everyone using Red Hat Linux should be subscribed to that list.
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Send mail to bugs@redhat.com or report the bug to redhat-list. Again, if you didn't buy Red Hat Linux from us or the ACC Bookstore, please see the previous question, ``How do I get support...''.
When reporting problems, please be as detailed as possible!!! For example, if you can't get Red Hat to see your SCSI drives, tell us:
If you can't get your CD-ROM recognized, tell us:
Again, be as detailed as possible about your problem!
There have been several now. Here's a rundown:
For a current list of supported hardware, please see:
http://www.redhat.com/hardware
Look under the Red Hat support section.
For a better list of video cards, you should see:
The Adaptec 274x and 284x are supported but may need to be reconfigured to work properly. It has been reported that the wide negotiation on these cards is not quite working, so it should be disabled.
There are many applications for Linux available. Please see http://www.redhat.com/linux-info and go to the ``Linux Applications and Utilities'' section. This section is maintained by a private individual that is not related to Red Hat in any way. You will find information on nearly every product available for Linux on his pages.
Yes. We include the exact source that was used to build the distribution. From release 2.0 on, Red Hat Linux is built on a packaging system called RPM that ONLY uses pristine source (the same as what you'd find at the author's FTP site) and possibly a Red Hat patch. Complete information on RPM is available on http://www.redhat.com.
Red Hat Linux 4.1 ships with XFree86 3.2, and comes standard with a very nice configuration tool.
In a word, no. It is not a good performance idea. Aside from that, you don't ``need'' MS-DOS on your machine anyway :-)