[Sussex] Activating Red Hat Enterprise Linux

[Brendan Whelan]

Nico,

Thanks for the response, the temporary licence is working so I will wait 
to see what happens when I get the full licence.

Brendan
Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
>
> On 10/11/07, *Jon Fautley* <jfautley at redhat.com 
> <mailto:jfautley at redhat.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:36:34 +0100
>     Brendan Whelan <b_whelan at mistral.co.uk
>     <mailto:b_whelan at mistral.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     > We ordered a RedHat Enterprise Linux license with an HP server
>     but it
>     > it taking weeks to get the actual number. I therefore installed RHEL
>     > 5 on a server without using the installation number and have how
>     > obtained an evaluation number. Does any one know how I enter the
>     > number into the system? Thanks, Brendan
>
>     Enter the activation code on the RHN website. Details should have been
>     provided when you got the eval code. Then use rhn_register to
>     register
>     the system using your RHN account details.
>
>     You could also raise a support case, and hassle HP to get your
>     activation code over to you ;)
>
>  
> Yould also use CentOS in the short term, and switch over when the 
> license is available. I've got tools for exactly that purpose if you 
> want them.
>
>  
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