1.1. Do You Have the Right Components?
If you have purchased a Red Hat Linux product from Red Hat, Inc., you are ready to go.
However, mistakes occasionally happen, so now is a good time to double-check
the contents of your product.
A Registration Information card is included with your product. A list of the
contents of your boxed set version is on the back of the card. Read over the
list and check to make sure that you have all of the installation media
(such as CD-ROMs) and manuals that are included with the version of Red Hat Linux
that you purchased.
If you have purchased a Red Hat Linux product from Red Hat (or one of our
distributors), and you are missing one or more of the items listed, please
let us know. Contact information is also available on the Registration Information card.
How to identify a Red Hat boxed set: The bottom
of our box has an ISBN number next to one of the bar codes. That ISBN
number should be in this form:
(The x and y will
be unique numbers.)
Red Hat partners with companies (international and domestic) so that we can
make Red Hat Linux
available to you in the most convenient form.
Because of these partnerships, you might find that your Red Hat Linux
product may not have been actually produced by Red Hat.
If your
product has a different ISBN number (or none at all), you must contact the
company that produced it. Normally, third-party producers include their
logo and/or contact information on the outside of their box; a Red Hat product
lists only our name and contact information.
1.1.1. Where to Find Other Manuals
If your particular product did not include all of the printed Red Hat Linux
manuals, you can find them online or on the Red Hat Linux Documentation CD
included with your Red Hat Linux product.
To find the manuals in both HTML and PDF formats online, go to:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/ |
1.1.2. Registering Your Product
If you have purchased a Red Hat product, you should register
it. Registration offers many useful services, such as installation
support, access to Red Hat Network, and more. To register your product, go
to:
http://www.redhat.com/apps/activate/ |
You will find your Product ID on the Registration
Information card in your Red Hat Linux product. Once registered, you will have
access to all the extras that Red Hat provides to its registered users.
For more information on registering and the scope of Red Hat's technical
support offerings, see Appendix C Getting Technical Support.
1.1.3. No Boxed Set? No Problem!
Of course, not everyone purchases a Red Hat Linux boxed set. It is entirely
possible to install Red Hat Linux using a CD created by another company, or
even via FTP. In these cases, you may need to create one or more
diskettes to get started.
For information on downloading and installing Red Hat Linux, refer to:
http://www.redhat.com/download/howto_download.html |
For people installing Red Hat Linux from a CD-ROM not from Red Hat,
you may need a boot diskette (also referred to as a boot disk),
and if you are using a PCMCIA device during the installation (such as a
laptop), a PCMCIA driver diskette. You may also be able to start the
installation directly from the CD-rom. We will discuss this in more detail
when we outline the various installation methods. For more information on
making a boot CD-ROM, see Section 1.4.2 Making an Installation Boot CD-ROM. For information on
making diskettes, see Section 1.4.3 Making an Installation Boot Diskette.
