Chapter 1.

Steps to Get You Started

Note

Although this manual reflects the most current information possible, you should read the Red Hat

Linux Release Notes for information that may not have been available prior to our documentation

being finalized. The Release Notes can be found on the Red Hat Linux CD #1 and online at:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux

1.1. Do You Have the Right Components?

If you have purchased the Official Red Hat Linux boxed set, you are ready to go. However, mistakes

occasionally happen, so now is a good time to double check the contents of your product.

A black, red, and white Registration Information card is included with your product. A list of the

contents of your boxed set version is on the back of the card. Please read over the list and check to

make sure that you have all the CDs and manuals that are included with the version of Red Hat Linux

that you purchased.

If you have purchased the Official Red Hat Linux boxed set from Red Hat, Inc. (or one of our distrib 

utors), and you are missing one or more of the items listed, please let us know. Contact information is

also available on the Registration Information card.

How to identify our official boxed set: The bottom of our box has an ISBN number next to one of the

bar codes. That ISBN number should be in this form:

1 58569 x y

(The x and y will be unique numbers.)

Red Hat partners with companies (international and domestic) so that we can make Red Hat Linux

available to you in the most convenient form. Because of these partnerships, you might find that your

Red Hat Linux product may not have been actually produced by Red Hat.

If your product has a different ISBN number (or none at all), you will need to contact the company that

produced it. Normally, third party producers will include their logo and/or contact information on the

outside of their box; an official Red Hat Linux boxed set lists only our name and contact information.

1.1.1. Where to Find Other Manuals

If your particular product did not include all of the printed Red Hat Linux manuals, you can find

them online or on the Red Hat Linux Documentation CD included with your official Red Hat Linux

product.

To find the manuals in both HTML and PDF formats online, go to:

http://www.redhat.com/docs