[...]... 344 Floppy disk drive 344 Keyboard and mouse 344 SCSI controller 345 CD-ROM drive . 345 Sound card 345 Network card . 345 Checking for Supported Hardware 346 Starting the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation 346 Partitioning the Hard Disk for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 349 Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation 351 Configuring... Additional Information .337 TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine ! xv xvi Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 For Dummies Part VII: Appendixes 339 Appendix A: Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 341 Exploring Your PC’s Components 341 Processor 342 Bus type . 342 Memory 343 Video card and monitor 343 Hard drive 344 Floppy... typically available With Enterprise 3, and Enterprise version 4 covered in this book, Red Hat has seriously addressed the support issue In the following sections, I examine the different versions of Enterprise Linux 4 (For installation details, see Appendix A.) Then I conclude the chapter the remainder of this chapter with what Enterprise Linux can do for you Red Hat Enterprise AS Red Hat Enterprise AS is... of Enterprise Linux are really quite similar In this chapter, I examine the different versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and what you can do with them Before I go into the version descriptions, take a look at the history of Enterprise Linux Exploring the History of Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux is one of many available distributions of Linux Several companies make their own commercial Linux. .. 2002 By then, Red Hat was at release 7.3 of the Red Hat Linux distribution Coinciding with the release of version 7.3 was the introduction of Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1, which was renamed Enterprise Linux 2.1 Enterprise version 2.1 was based on the Red Hat 7.3 version but was intended for commercial/business use The major difference between the commercial and home versions of Red Hat Linux was in... Informative, Non-cost and Genuine ! 5 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 For Dummies TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine ! Part I Becoming Familiar with Enterprise Linux TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine ! T In this part his part tells you about the history of Enterprise Linux and the differences between the four versions You explore what you can do with Enterprise Linux. .. Red Hat announced that it would no longer sell nor support its retail box version of Red Hat Linux Version 9 would be the last of many versions that I’ve seen over the years Instead of continuing this long line of versions, Red Hat announced that it would provide support to the Fedora Project for development of what Red Hat described as a place for testing cuttingedge technology What this means is that... Enterprise Linux over Fedora Core are the number of support options that are available from Red Hat For many years, one of the biggest reasons given by the corporate world for not using Linux has been a lack of user support With the promotion of Enterprise Linux, Red Hat has effectively removed lack of support as a reason for a company not to consider using Linux Another key feature of Enterprise Linux. .. the last Red Hat distribution that was available for home user purchase In the summer of 2003, Red Hat decided that it would merge its open development process with the Fedora Linux project — and the Fedora Project was born In October, 2003, Red Hat introduced Enterprise 3 that, like its predecessor Enterprise 2.1, was specifically geared toward business /enterprise users Enterprise 3 was initially available... part contains information useful to users of all four versions of Enterprise Linux Part IV: Configuring Your Enterprise Linux Internet Services All the chapters in this part deal with setting up servers that provide services to other users Your users won’t be able to find anything on the Internet TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine ! 3 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 For Dummies without . for Supported Hardware 346 Starting the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation 346 Partitioning the Hard Disk for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 349 Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation 351 Configuring. Collings Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux ® 4 FOR DUMmIES ‰ 01_577131 ffirs.qxd 3/9/05 6:25 PM Page i TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine ! Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux ® 4 For Dummies ® Published. type 342 Memory 343 Video card and monitor 343 Hard drive 344 Floppy disk drive 344 Keyboard and mouse 344 SCSI controller 345 CD-ROM drive 345 Sound card 345 Network card 345 Checking for Supported