[ale] Upgrading to RH6.0 w/o the cost

[Stephan Uphoff]

If you have a second computer and a network you can just ftp the redhat 6.0
directories to it, create the boot floppies and do a network
install. (Using the second computer as NFS,FTP or HTTP server)

	Stephan

> If don't need or want the RH book etc., you can purchase
> the CDs or make them yourself or get someone to make
> them for you.  They don't come with a boot disk,
> but you can use RAWRITE.EXE under DOS or dd under
> Linux/Unix to create a boot disk.  The CD is also
> bootable if you have a BIOS that can do that.
> 
> My RH 6.0 CD cost me the price of a blank CD.
> 
> ~Randy
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeffery B Layton [mailto:g593851 at yogi.mar.lmco.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 7:52 AM
> > To: ale at ale.org
> > Subject: [ale] Upgrading to RH6.0 w/o the cost
> > 
> > 
> 
> Hello,
> 
>   I'm immediately showing my ignorance, but that won't stop me
> from asking my question. I'm currently running RH5.2 and want
> to upgrade to RH6.0, but I don't want to spend $70 for it (or
> the even cheaper $40)! I've seen several adds for cheap RH6.0
> GPL CDs (around $5). My question is, do I just use these CD's
> as I would the normal CD's with the expensive RH? If so, do
> they come with a Boot Disk, and if not, is it easy to make one
> for RH6.0?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Jeff Layton
> 
> g593851 at fs1.mar.lmco.com
> -or-
> laytonjb at mindspring.com
>