omitted networking stuff

The installation CD's I used to install RH 7 some time ago don't seem
to include the stuff one needs for networking. I found that out when I
tried to set of a network involving two of my machines at the time.

These CD's were sent to me by a friend and I don't know where he got them.
Anyway, this raises the general question of which distributions include all
the stuff one needs for networking. For example, do the RH distributions that
come with the Howard Sams books on different RH releases contain all that one
needs for networking?
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On 18 Jul 2005 14:45:12 -0400, Allan Adler
<ara@nestle.csail.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> The installation CD's I used to install RH 7 some time ago don't seem
> to include the stuff one needs for networking. I found that out when I
> tried to set of a network involving two of my machines at the time.
>
> These CD's were sent to me by a friend and I don't know where he got them.
> Anyway, this raises the general question of which distributions include all
> the stuff one needs for networking. For example, do the RH distributions that
> come with the Howard Sams books on different RH releases contain all that one
> needs for networking?

The distributions in the Sams books are probably RH 9 or older, and
contain a "Publisher's Edition" of Red Hat.
Any modern distribution should come with networking software. If you
don't have a broadband connection to download a recent distribution,
consider a free CD from ubuntulinux.org. Or if you have a cd burner,
you could try Damn Small Linux. It's a 50 MB download, which takes a
few hours at 56k.


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Allan Adler wrote:
> The installation CD's I used to install RH 7 some time ago don't seem
> to include the stuff one needs for networking. I found that out when I
> tried to set of a network involving two of my machines at the time.
>
> These CD's were sent to me by a friend and I don't know where he got them.
> Anyway, this raises the general question of which distributions include all
> the stuff one needs for networking. For example, do the RH distributions that
> come with the Howard Sams books on different RH releases contain all that one
> needs for networking?

I'd suggest Mandrake the current version is 10.2 It includes everything
you need, finds your network cards & devices, and I think it installs
quicker & easier than winblows

In the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.networking, in article
<y93d5pgnebr.fsf@nestle.csail.mit.edu>, Allan Adler wrote:

>The installation CD's I used to install RH 7 some time ago don't seem
>to include the stuff one needs for networking. I found that out when I
>tried to set of a network involving two of my machines at the time.

Never mind that RH7 is quite obsolete (7.3 is marginally supported by
fedoralegacy.org, but otherwise support ended in 2003), I find this a
bit hard to believe. Networking is a pretty integral part of any *nix
system, and even a base install should install the stuff needed to
get an Ethernet network up.

What do you feel is missing?

>These CD's were sent to me by a friend and I don't know where he got them.
>Anyway, this raises the general question of which distributions include all
>the stuff one needs for networking. For example, do the RH distributions that
>come with the Howard Sams books on different RH releases contain all that one
>needs for networking?

I've never seen a main line distribution that didn't.

Old guy

Moe Trin wrote:
> In the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.networking, in article
> <y93d5pgnebr.fsf@nestle.csail.mit.edu>, Allan Adler wrote:
>
>
>>The installation CD's I used to install RH 7 some time ago don't seem
>>to include the stuff one needs for networking. I found that out when I
>>tried to set of a network involving two of my machines at the time.
>
>
> Never mind that RH7 is quite obsolete (7.3 is marginally supported by
> fedoralegacy.org, but otherwise support ended in 2003), I find this a
> bit hard to believe. Networking is a pretty integral part of any *nix
> system, and even a base install should install the stuff needed to
> get an Ethernet network up.
>
> What do you feel is missing?
>
>
>>These CD's were sent to me by a friend and I don't know where he got them.
>>Anyway, this raises the general question of which distributions include all
>>the stuff one needs for networking. For example, do the RH distributions that
>>come with the Howard Sams books on different RH releases contain all that one
>>needs for networking?
>
>
> I've never seen a main line distribution that didn't.
>
> Old guy
>

RH 7 *did* have networking included - maybe the installation CD
of the OP is crippled. I used RH7 until abandoned it in favour
of Debian.

Nobody should attempt to install RH7 anywhere anymore.

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