****SO frustrated: how the %&^%£ do i download linux rehat? quick (i wanna go to bed)****

[acidvoodoo]

it's 2 in the mornin here and i'm still trying to figure out how the hell i'm supposed to download it. all this ftp stuff is confusing. i click the link and it opens a folder like box with all these files in, but there is no option of downloading them anywhere. i tried dragging them to my desktop but that doesn't do anything. tried using DA to see if it knew what to do but it didn't

can someone quickly tell me how to do it so i can leave it downloading and go to bed?

oh i'm on windows XP and a 512k cable


(linux is goin on the other comp)

 

[jcmkk]

You should be able to just double click the file you want to download and it should bring up the usual dialogue box. It seems like all of the commercial distros make it as hard as possible to download their version, so you'll go out and buy it instead of getting it for free.

 

[manly]

Find the directory named isos, which contains the ISO images for Red Hat 7.3 (there are 3 of them, and 2 srpm ISOs you do *not* need).

Download those 3 .iso files (preferably with a decent ftp client, not a web browser) and burn them using your favorite CDR mastering software. If you do download w/ a browser, right click on the file link, and choose Save target as.

 

[mcveigh]

http://linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=7

go there

 

[DaHitman]

Right click this link and save as... burn to cd with your fav burner program... reboot on cd, answer like 4 questions and your done...

Redhat 7.3 disk 1 ISO
Redhat 7.3 disk 2 ISO
Redhat 7.3 disk 3 ISO


But READ THE INSTALL docs first.. don't be a bone head... take 5 mins that might save you 10000 in simple problems.
http://www.redhat.com/support/resources/install_upgrade/installing_linux.html

 

[neuralfx]

this isn't really Linux's fault .. though i understand you are tired and what not I've been there .. linux just works on sooo many systems, there are many directories for people who have different kinds .. like Alpha and I386/486/586/686 etc .. and then linux being the way it is .. people like to use older versions so even those are put together in the same easy to find place .. easy for the initiated .. check out linuxnewbie.org for some starter stuff ..
-neural

 

[acidvoodoo]

well i just thought screw it, and i left it downloading something. whatever it was, it was 856mb big and not the right thing. i'll try those links tonight

 

[BreakApart]

Quick FTP example:

To download Redhat 7.3 using FTP goto..


ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.3/en/iso/i386/
LINK for above address

Files Listed For Download:
MD5SUM
valhalla-i386-disc1.iso .......637mb
valhalla-i386-disc2.iso .......638mb
valhalla-i386-disc3.iso .......494mb
valhalla-SRPMS-disc1.iso
valhalla-SRPMS-disc2.iso

The ones you want are the "i386-disc.iso" files. (all 3 of them)
Then burn them to CD....


This is the part you need to download linux ISO files from any redhat linux ftp site -> /pub/redhat/linux/7.3/en/iso/i386/

/pub <- public directory
/redhat <- company
/linux <- product
/7.3 <- version
/en <-english version
/iso <- file type your about to download
/i386 <- type of computer this download will run on

Good Luck