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Robert Young

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Jan 25, 1996, 3:00:00 AM1/25/96
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RED HAT "Live"
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Run Linux from your PC's CD-rom drive -without- touching your hard drive!

The latest in the growing list of Linux products from Red Hat Software is
for the teachers and students of Unix (R) and Linux technologies.

This is a CD that contains the whole of the Red Hat Linux distribution
including the X Window system, C compiler, and all the rest, in a Live File
System format on the CD. Red Hat "Live" has been professionally designed
and packaged in a shrink-wrapped jewel case that includes "quick-start" notes.

More information on this and other Red Hat Linux products can be found at:
http://www.redhat.com

No need to reformat or repartition your hard drive.
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Possibly the coolest feature of this product is that you can run the whole
operating system from the CD rom drive without the need to install
-anything- on your hard drive. This means that you do not need to reformat
or repartition your drive to run Linux on your computer. This is perfect
for running and using Linux on a computer that is devoted to other uses.
Turn your computer into a Unix (R) Workstation, and when you are finished
return it to its original state just by ejecting the CD!
Red Hat "Live" can save files you create to your floppy drive for use in
your next session.

Learn the technology that is driving the Internet.
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+ Red Hat "Live" allows you to run (and learn)
all the Linux and Unix utilities you need including:
ls, rm, mv, ln, cp, mount, umount, tr,
cpio, email and dozens more...
+ Learn by using shell programs and scripting languages
including: Bash, C Shell, Korn Shell, sed,
awk, even Perl and Tcl/Tk.
+ Learn advanced Unix programming skills by runnning
C programs. The complete GCC compiler is included!

Runs on INTEL Compatible hardware:
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Red Hat "Live" will run on any computer that supports Linux and requires 8
MB of memory (more if you want to run the X Window System), 3.5" diskette
drive, and 0 MB of hard drive space (yup, you read that correctly :)

Pricing and Ordering Information:
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The Red Hat "Live" shrink-wrapped CD product is available for $29.95

It is available at very attractive quantity discounts.

From:
Red Hat Software, Inc.
Tel: (800) 454-5502
(203) 454-5500
Fax: (203) 454-2582

url: http://www.redhat.com

Resellers
*********
Please contact:
Red Hat Software, Inc.
Frank Kasper and Associates
American Software and Hardware Distributors.

Other Red Hat Software, Inc products:
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* Official Red Hat Linux 4 CD set
and 150 page Users Guide Book. $49.95
* Red Hat 2.1 Upgrade CD (just the CD) $20.00
* Official Red Hat Users Guide, 150 page Book $14.95
* Red Hat Software's "Annual Support Program" $399.00
* Red Hat Motif CD with Motif Users Guide Book $149.00
* Linux Library CD $29.95
* Dr Linux 1,200 page reference Book $34.95
* Linux Man Pages 1,100 page
Linux Command reference Book $29.95
* TCL/TK command reference Book $29.95
ACC Corp., Inc. "Home of the PC UNIX - Linux Catalog"
Red Hat Software, Inc. makers of "The Red Hat Commercial Linux Distribution"
(800) 454-5502 or (203) 454-5500 fax: (203) 454-2582
b...@redhat.com or http://www.acc-corp.com

Rick Slater

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Jan 25, 1996, 3:00:00 AM1/25/96
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If you have one of the many computers which use the Philips cm206 cd-rom
drive, you will find that Red Hat Linux doesn't support it. Ironically,
Slackware does.

I learned that the hard way after purchasing the Red Hat 4 cd-rom set.

--
I am Pentium of Borg.
Division is futile.
You will be approximated.

Erik Troan

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Jan 27, 1996, 3:00:00 AM1/27/96
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In article <4e8j47$9...@spectator.cris.com>, Rick Slater wrote:
>If you have one of the many computers which use the Philips cm206 cd-rom
>drive, you will find that Red Hat Linux doesn't support it. Ironically,
>Slackware does.

Our most recent release, as well as the live CD, includes the 1.3.32 kernels
which do support this drive. The original Red Hat 2.0 did not as it only
included 1.2.13.

Erik

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Rick Slater

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Jan 29, 1996, 3:00:00 AM1/29/96
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Erik Troan (e...@redhat.com) wrote:

: In article <4e8j47$9...@spectator.cris.com>, Rick Slater wrote:
: >If you have one of the many computers which use the Philips cm206 cd-rom
: >drive, you will find that Red Hat Linux doesn't support it. Ironically,
: >Slackware does.

: Our most recent release, as well as the live CD, includes the 1.3.32 kernels
: which do support this drive. The original Red Hat 2.0 did not as it only
: included 1.2.13.

I have attempted to use that kernel with no success. As other threads on
here have discussed, the only viable path seems to be one in which a new
kernel is built at some point during the installation.

I have the 2.1 four CD set, by the way.

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