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hello everyone. thank you for taking time reading and responing to this thread, much appreciated. i was wondering if there are any other places where i can dl rehat and/or mandrake linux without haveing to dl all three cd's worth. i'm already aware of
ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/Mandrake/iso/ for mandrake
and
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.3/en/iso/i386/ for redhat
the problem is that i don't really want to spend 3 days dl to each cd. any ideas anyone?
Have you considered getting them from cheapbytes.com? They're only like 2 bucks there.
But if you're going to download it, you can get away without the 3rd Red Hat disc, if that helps any, though.
I suggest that you purchase the CDs if you are looking at 3 days/CD with your connection.
Like problemchild stated they are cheap, here are some links to cheap retailers.
www.linuxcentral.com
www.cheapbytes.com
www.linuxmall.com
And if you really cannot afford the 3-5 dollars I am willing to send you a copy of just about any distro. No one should be deprived of such great software ;)
You can install redhat with only the first cd. The second cd has some useful programs, but are not necessary. The third CD is souce code (if I remember correctly).
http://linuxiso.org also has a lot of distro's for download.
The 3rd CD is binaries, but it's just a bunch of little odds and ends that I've never needed. And certainly nothing that can't be downloaded quickly if needed.
thank you all for your insights
I have a sony r505jl and redhat won't recognize my cd drive so I'm going to kinko's to use thier hi speed connection to dl it to my hard drive and have a dual boot machine.
this might be a solution if your installing linux on a notebook