The easiest way to get Red Hat is on CD-ROM. The Red Hat distribution is very large, on the order of 250MB of compressed binary packages. In addition the graphical install is most easily accomplished with a CD-ROM.
The official Red Hat Linux CD-ROM is available from many Linux distributors, and many CD-ROM publishers are pressing their own CD-ROMs, so you shouldn't have any trouble finding one at your favorite Linux reseller. You can always get the latest official version directly from Red Hat Software at:
phone: (203) 454-5500
(800) 454-5502
fax: (203) 454-2582
email: sales@redhat.com
WWW: http://www.redhat.com
If you don't have a CD-ROM drive or just want to try
Red Hat Linux, you
can FTP the distribution from any of the Red Hat mirror sites. The current
list of official mirror sites is kept at
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/MIRRORS, and includes:
ftp.ibp.fr /pub/linux/distributions/redhat
ftp.gwdg.de /pub/linux/install/redhat
ftp.msu.ru /pub/Linux/RedHat
ftp.cvut.cz /pub/linux/redhat
sunsite.mff.cuni.cz /OS/Linux/Distributions/Redhat
ftp.ton.tut.fi /pub/Linux/RedHat
ftp.funet.fi /pub/Linux/images/RedHat
gd.tuwien.ac.at /pub/opsys/linux/redhat
ftp.dstc.edu.au /pub/linux-redhat
gatekeeper.digital.com.au /pub/redhat
ftp.lab.kdd.co.jp /OS/Linux/packages/redhat
ftp.pht.com /pub/linux/redhat
sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk /packages/linux/sun.../dist.../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
In any of these directories, a symbolic link named current
will point to the most recent Red Hat Linux release.
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