IMHO there is no need to get a recent version of redhat,6.2 happens to be one of there(redhats) best distros.
It seems like after 6.2 redhat started going backwards,if you can remember there last distro had a problem with its version of gcc witch made it almost impossible to compile anything.You are going to have to patch up your linux anyway whichever linux you use,that's inevitible.The thing is to find a linux that does its best security wise,where you wont have to patch up 100 holes only 10 or so go with suse 8.0.I gaurantee you that suse 8.0
will be the easiest linux distro to install just pop into your cdrom and follow the screen and you should be up and running your dsl in less than an hour and it's the most secure out of the box distro that you can get as far as linux goes.

Hope that helped

Crimina1

One more thing,dont forget to put windows on your first partition or else your going to have problems,windows
likes being first.go figure.

Crimina1