Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 343
Severe installation/upgrade problems with 5.2 ("Variety Pack" for INTEL)
Last modified: 2008-05-01 11:37:48 EDT
With the "RedHat Linux Variety Pack" that I just bought, I got a *ton* of installation errors (missing RPMs, invalid checksums on ".rpm" files, etc. etc.). Version 5.2 for Intel, Alpha, and SPARC (I was upgrading from 5.0 to 5.2 on INTEL). Another question: I'd *love* to register, but I can't figure out how to find out my registration number. There's a barcode on the back of the CD case (4 CDs). I bought this CD at the campus bookstore (Univ Texas @ Arlington). Do I need to take it back and buy it from some other place? Thanks, Charlie
The Variety Pack does not include support, hence the reason that you cannot find the registration number. In order to receive support, you would need to buy the Official Red Hat Linux distribution. As for the errors that you are getting on install, we would need more specific information about those in order to determine the extent of the bugs.
DLK: since the Redhat label was on the box, I assumed it was "*official*" REDHAT (the Variety Pack). I'm taking it back and paying the little extra to get the "real thing". As to further clarification: specifically, the "howto-korean" rpm was corrupt on the CD ROM itself. I determined the corruption by using EMACS to try to "read" the file and got "dev" errors on the console. My only concern is that REDHAT label on the outside of the CD pack; up until this CD I've *never* had *any* problems with REDHAT-labelled products whatsoever. My confusion (and, I'm sure others): I now know (from the FAQ) that I needed to buy an "official" CD from Redhat. But this is a clone (correct term?) that is legal but confusing (and, in my case, detrimental). Thanks for listening. You'll be getting my "official" registration soon (probably tomorrow).
The variety pack that you bought is Red Hat software, just not the official Red Hat software which includes support. There are a ton of versions of Red Hat floating around, but only the "official" releases include support from Red Hat and a registration number.