Frank Wiles [mailto:frank@wiles.org] wrote:
First off, don't do it to a live system. Do it on a test platform. Get a spare PC somewhere and put the same version of RH on it and up2date them to match. Then install mono on the test box.
Anything else is asking for trouble...
Well, that's part of the problem. It's a dedicated server in a local hosting company (Arsalon). I only have access to the machine over SSH, and Redhat Enterprise Linux (I believe) is not a free download. I did insist that they take a complete back up of the system before we start, so that will exist.
On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 16:08:21 -0600 "Charles, Joshua Micah (UMKC-Student)" jmcqk6@umkc.edu wrote:
Frank Wiles [mailto:frank@wiles.org] wrote:
First off, don't do it to a live system. Do it on a test platform. Get a spare PC somewhere and put the same version of RH on it and up2date them to match. Then install mono on the test box.
Anything else is asking for trouble...
Well, that's part of the problem. It's a dedicated server in a local hosting company (Arsalon). I only have access to the machine over SSH, and Redhat Enterprise Linux (I believe) is not a free download. I did insist that they take a complete back up of the system before we start, so that will exist.
You can use CentOS which was mentioned on here previously. It is about as identical to RHEL as you can get and it's free to download. You'd want to double check me, but I believe you could use their install media on a test server, without violating the license, provided you didn't expect support, updates, etc.
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Quoting Frank Wiles frank@wiles.org:
You'd want to double check me, but I believe you could use their install media on a test server, without violating the license, provided you didn't expect support, updates, etc.
I think you're right on this Frank. I believe you can install RHELAS, but if you don't have a paid subscription you're not going to get updates, support and that warm fuzzy feeling.
Then again, we could both be wrong.
-- Dave Hull http://insipid.com
On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 22:03:44 -0600, Dave Hull dphull@insipid.com wrote:
I think you're right on this Frank. I believe you can install RHELAS, but if you don't have a paid subscription you're not going to get updates, support and that warm fuzzy feeling.
RH can't prevent you from redistributing the free-licensed components of RHEL. A while back, I looked at their page on the subject, and they seemed to be saying that as long as you strip off their trademarks and don't =call= it RH, you should be fine. In this case, they already have the right to have received the whole enchilada, trademarked graphics and all, so restoring it shouldn't be an issue.
Well, that's part of the problem. It's a dedicated server in a local hosting company (Arsalon). I only have access to the machine over SSH, and Redhat Enterprise Linux (I believe) is not a free download. I did insist that they take a complete back up of the system before we start, so that will exist.
I am not a lawyer and I don't know what parts of RHEL are proprietary but I would be very surprised to hear that by restoring the backup of the live system onto the test box and testing on it you would be violating anything, and even more suprised if in the surprising case that you were violating anything, that anything negative would come of it. The client has a license to the proprietary parts, and you probably aren't going to be touching the proprietary parts anyway in the test box. You would be operating in good faith within the terms of your client's licence to RHEL.
Quoting "Charles, Joshua Micah (UMKC-Student)" jmcqk6@umkc.edu:
Well, that's part of the problem. It's a dedicated server in a local hosting company (Arsalon). I only have access to the machine over SSH, and Redhat Enterprise Linux (I believe) is not a free download. I did insist that they take a complete back up of the system before we start, so that will exist.
It's not a free download, but I'm assuming based on your email address that you're a student. Students can purchase RHELAS for $50. Tell this company you need $50 to purchase a copy of the OS and test it out on another system.
Just a thought.
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