Installing RedHat 4 on PowerEdge 400SC

Question

I just received my PowerEdge 400SC in the mail and I put Dell's System CD in and I chose the 'install Redhat 9' option. I entered the partition sizes when it asked me, and then I pressed continue. It then asked for Redhat Linux cd 1; however, with my Dell server, I only received the Dell Redhat Linux installation cd0. I tried to boot off that CD and it wouldn't boot up.

This may be a silly question, but has anyone had success installing Linux 9.0 on their brand new 400SC. Am I missing CDs that should have been sent to me by Dell with my server?

Keep in mind I am lacking in server installation experience. I am a microsoft software developer who just purchased this server to learn about networking/server configuration and Linux so I may be missing something obvious but not know it.

Any help would be appreciated!

jeleinweber · Answer

I don't think Dell ships Redhat OS CD's. You'd need to download ISO images separately from your nearest mirror site. If you purchased it with Redhat OS support, you can activate that the http://www.redhat.com/now and then download from https://rhn.redhat.com. See my reply to the AS3 thread for the details.

If you want to try Fedora Core 1, or the like, the typical thing these days is to do downloads with "bittorrent". Google the OS variant plus torrent for directions.

yam2 · Answer

what is sw? I really don't know many of these abbreviation.

I have partition 8.0. If I get a larger hard disk to replace the one that came with Dell, I know I can install two os at the same time. I don't know if partition magic support linux.

Frankakfka · Answer

yes you can have redhat and xp, but you need  3 partitions 1- xp 2-sw 3-redhat and you can have the both at the same time with one vmware. www.vmware.com

Frankakfka · Answer

sw is swap

but i don be sure that particion magic is good option.

Do you want to run xp and linux at the same time( if you want it, a good option could be www.vmware.com and you dont have to make a extra partitions)

yam2 · Answer

so if I put in redhat as os. It is actually not installed on the 400sc. I am going to install winxp on mine but I guess my question is if it easier to have the redhat os first and add the winxp or just a clean install. Can I install xp over redhat and have both avaliable. I am new to redhat so I have no idea what I am talking about.

yam2 · Answer

probably 99% xp. linux just for fun and learning for now.

theJapester · Answer

MS has released VirtualPC 2004 for WinXP Pro (or Win2K Pro). Lets you run virtual sessions of Windows, Windows Server, Linux, Netware, OS/2, even DOS. Virtual session run in their own windows, inside your main XP Pro session. You can run Linux sessions to your hearts content at the same time as XP, no dual booting, etc. Very cool, and sounds perfect for what you are doing (occasional Linux tinkering). It has built-in virtual hardware drivers that you can use to map to your physical networks cards, drive shares, etc.

Note the VirtualPC software itself only runs from WinXP Pro and/or Win2000 Pro. You can't run it from Win95, Win98, Win98SE, WinME, or even WinXP-Home. But darned near any OS will run inside the virtual sessions.

VirtualPC is only $129 retail, less online. That's at least $170 cheaper than VMWare (which was recently bought out by EMC). Link to Pricegrabber pricing.

Message Edited by theJapester on 03-04-2004 10:31 PM

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