orb85750 wrote:
Well, I inherited an older Redhat Linux box.
Just so we're clear here, which version of RedHat does it have? You see, RH dropped the "RedHat" name from all distros except their "Enterprise" versions (RHEL), and started using the "Fedora" name for the releases. That was about five years ago, as they release a new version of Fedora every six months, and they just got done with Fedora 10 (looks/works nice so far...).
Now, if you have anything earlier than Fedora 8 (like the box I'm using now), it would behoove you to just wipe and update with the newest distro. If there is data you're trying to grab, then Fedora 10 will boot in a "Live" mode, allow you to access the drive and pull off any data, then install over everything. NOTE: You'll need lots of RAM (512MB+) to boot a Live CD, although the HP Pavilion I have with only 300MB and 800MHz Celeron was able to do it - slowly.
Info, ISOs, and docs can all be found at
the Fedora Project.banzai
runnin' RedHat since 5.2!
