@sajjax:do u know that Linux has changed very much in 5 years time ?
get distros from
http://www.zyxware.com/ or
http://www.rainbowcomputech.com/ or ask someone in the distro request thread in this forum.
even ubuntu ships free to your house

dont,NEVER try old distros!and 5 yr old!that is idiosyncrasy! get Fedora 9 or Ubuntu.your local bookstall in bombay may have it.even roadside sellers I think sells this!
do you know redhat9(old 2.4 kernel) is a obsolete distro now?it doesnot support most hardwares even a sata hdd.get the facts!new redhat is called "fedora" OK?
see
http://getgnulinux.org and
http://whylinuxisbetter.net
and Best of Luck