Out of the blue..someone asked “where to get the ISO image for latest RedHat ?”

Just go to http://www.redhat.com

click on top menu called “Downloads

For the lazy bum.. here it is..

https://www.redhat.com/apps/download/

.. Oh wait, you need to be an active subscriber before you can download the files..
scroll down a bit from the download page..

there it is

If you do not have an active subscription:
* Purchase from the Red Hat Store
* Free 30-day evaluation subscription

Click on “Free 30-day evaluation subscription”.. or https://www.redhat.com/rhel/details/eval/
you will have to provide some information and email address, bla..bla.. then Redhat will assign a account number to you.
together with active subscription.

Then.. log in as a newly created user, go to “Downloads”.. can start download the ISO files from there. “”

If you have an active subscription:
* Download your software here

or something like this one.

https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/software/downloads/SupportedISOs.do

The url given in the ISO list come with some sort of session key.. that url can be used with wget command also..

Ok. after downloaded the ISO file.. around ~ 2.9 Gb ~
can just write it into DVD-blank and do the rest.

Well, here are the screenshot during installation is as below : (warning: massive graphic load ~ 40 images)

1. Booting up Screen .. answer it ..by pressing “Enter”.

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2. RedHat Enterprise Linux …
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3. Select Languange ..
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4. Select keyboard.
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5. Enter keys… this one is provided during the 30-days sign up email.. or you can just opted out . no keys.. (how interesting..unlike windows 8-) ~)

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6. Partitioning..
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7. Boot loader thingy..
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8. Network device properties.. actually can have “redhat.dev.namran.net” learned from
http://press.redhat.com/..
where got the URL such as this :

# Asia Pacific
http://www.apac.redhat.com
# India
http://www.in.redhat.com
# Japan
http://www.jp.redhat.com
# Korea
http://www.kr.redhat.com
# China
http://www.cn.redhat.com

there’s some saving of DNS record at the 12’s Root Domain Name Server..
instead of having something like redhat.com.my redhat.com.?? for each..different countries.

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9. Timezone ..

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10. Set the root password..

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11. Select Package .. (what is the different “customize now” .. and “customize later ” ?? )

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12. Start the installation process..
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starting..
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half-way..
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almost done..
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13. Finally Completed.. (requesting for reboot..)

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14.Grub screen..

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15. Booting up..

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16. First time boot configuration…

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License Agreement

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Firewall setting..

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SELinux… (Disabled ~ muahahah)

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Kernel dump..? (I don’t care..)

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Date and Time setting…

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Set Up software Update ..?

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Here got another notice to subscribe to RHN – Red Hat Network.. ~ No.. thanks..

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Finish update.. Setup..

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Finally.. can enter my name as a user..

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Sound Card Detection..

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Additional CDs.. suppose to be “Supplementary Server CD ??”

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Requesting to reboot another round… “granted…go ahead, baby..”

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Booting up.. for the 2nd time..

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17. Login screen. of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3  ~ Finally…

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18. Desktop.. User..

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19. Only got “Firefox Web Browser” under the “Internet” Section.. muahahaa..

with default selection during package installation,. I don’t know where can select “Cluster” via GUI ..

the package is there in /media/RHEL-5.3-DVD/ Cluster/

but.. not something like i used to see.. ~ one section for “Cluster” ~.. no more..

or.. which is AP version?

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20. Trying out firefox…

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21. My dear .. “Terminal”..

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22. TTY console.. muahahaa. (at runlevel 3)

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23. Done.. playing.. ~ Shutting down.. “Halting System…”

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p/s :  Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (5.4) will be released/launched at Sept 2009 ..

wonder which one goes first..”RazakSAT” or “RedHaT” ..let’s bet.~ 8-)