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Download RH 5.2

I am currently running 5.1 and I have been lucky in the past where someone else has purchased redhat and I have used their cdrom to install it. Well now I want to download it and install it. I have tried mget but It didnt work for me ( at least not the way I thought it was going to)
So how can I ftp the install for i386 down to my box?

mart010897

Depends how fast your link is... I did this:

(from the directory ABOVE i386)

ftp> bin
200 Type set to I.
ftp> hash
Hash mark printing on (8192 bytes/hash mark).
ftp> get i386.tar.gz

This works at ftp.cdrom.com in /pub/linux/redhat/redhat-5.2

You end up with a multi-hundred meg gzipped tar file containing the entire distribution. Which is OK with me, cos i'm on a T3 *smug grin*.

If you're cringing at ponying up $35 or so for a RedHat CD, I'm with ya. But check out Linux Systems Labs at http://www.lsl.com -- I got a 6-CD "Tri-Linux" set including the RedHat, Slackware and Debian distributions for $11, and that includes a $5 donation, so you can really get that set for $6. Pretty unbelievable. That's probably cheaper than your phone bill if you download RedHat over modem. And you'd probably get it quicker too. Heh.

-Mart

tgreaser

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Hey thanks for answering my question... I will galdly give you the points but before I do, do you know if there is a tar zip file for Free BSD.

Thanks

tgreaser

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Not to sound to much like im crying but what path is that in.

I looked and didnt see it

Thanks

Tom

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tgreaser

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Thanks bunches