redhat

[macazar88]

well seeim downloading redhat 7.2 because its 2 iso and 8.0 is like 5,But i wanna no.I have ethernet and on the phat linux thing i couldnt run it even in wine, mabey cuz it was slow.,But in redhat ho will i run ethernet,Thats the only way i can connect to the internet.Any one know anything plzzzzzzzzz

[LinuxFreek]

Actually Red Hat 8 is only 3 of them the other two u will not need, they are just source. Your ethernet connection should automatically be configured for you when u first install Red Hat if your computer is connected to the network. Thats what i remember when i was on my university's connection. Hope this helps.

Good Luck

[zaphodiv]

Personally I like SuSe but the new KDE in 8.0 is annoyingly slow on my old computer.

>even in wine
wine does not drive internal hardware, you can't use windows drivers in wine.

>But in redhat ho will i run ethernet

there are two parts to this/ The hardware driver (kernel module) and the network configuration (ip address, gateway to the internet etc).

If you are lucky the installer will detect your NIC and set up the hardware for you. If your lan uses DHCP then internet protocol networking will probably work without any more hassle.

If you are less lucky you will have to look at the NIC model number and the printing on the main chip and use the redhat's configuration tools to load the driver manually.

If you are really unlucky then you get to learn about loading kernel modules with insmod, and adding to the startup scripts.

I learned a lot about linux networking from installing slackware - no hand-holding-gui-configuration tool at all! everything is done by hand. It's much easier to see how it works without a wizard changing everything when you click a button. I'm baffled by the SuSe8 startup scripts.

IF you lan is not using DHCP then you will need to get an ip address for the computer, chosing one yourself if its your home net. You also need to know the subnetmask and the default gateway (the computer or router that is the first hop between you and the internet.