Re: Problems with RHEL5 Install
Tyler Pauly <[email protected]>
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That helped plenty Rick, thanks! Unfortunately, I can't take the normal support route. I was able to obtain RHEL through my university's IT department; unfortunately, they are also my only avenue of support, and they are a bit lacking. I might try out F13 and see how it works. If that is a no-go, guess I'll wait until RHEL6. Thanks! Tyler On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Rick Stevens <[email protected]> wrote: > On 06/30/2010 12:18 PM, Tyler Pauly wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I am attempting to install RHEL5 from the 6 CD set onto my home computer. >> >> The components are: an Asus P6X58D-E motherboard, an Intel i7 930 >> processor, >> some DDR3 ram and an Nvidia 480 GTX graphics card. >> >> Upon install, the program asks for drivers. I assume it is asking for my >> SATA controller drivers for my motherboard, but I am not sure. In >> addition, >> I have no idea whether they exist, and if they do, if they are compatible >> with RHEL5. >> >> Is there a(n easy) way to figure this out? I have not had luck with the >> drivers included on the RHEL disks. Feel free to let me know if I have not >> included enough information. >> >> Thank you very much! >> > > If you have purchased RHEL5, then I'd try the normal support route. > They may have a solution for you. I know that board uses a Marvell > SATA controller and I'm just not sure how well supported it is on > kernels earlier than 2.6.20 or so (RHEL5 uses a 2.6.18 kernel). > > Note also that the Marvell is a "fake RAID" (not a true hardware RAID). > If you have it set up in RAID mode, try taking it down to a non-RAID > configuration in the BIOS and try to install that way. If it works > like that, then you'll have to run barefoot (non-RAID) or stuff in > a second drive and set up a software RAID. > > If not, RHEL5 is based on Fedora 6 (we're on Fedora 13 now), and SATA > support was somewhat sketchy back then. The latest release of RHEL5 is > 5.5. If you got those CDs, you might have a better chance as 5.5 is > based on a later kernel than the original 5.0 and might have better > support. > > If you have a chance, try downloading the CentOS 5.5 disks and try > them. CentOS is based on the source RPMs from Red Hat. At least, > you'll have an idea as to whether it'll work. > > As a last resort, try downloading the Fedora 13 Live CD and boot that. > If it boots and you can install to your hard drive from there, then at > least you'll know that RHEL6 will probably support it out of the box > (rumor is that RHEL6 will be based on F13 eventually). > > Sorry I can't help a heck of a lot more than that. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting [email protected] - > - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - > - - > - What is a "free" gift? Aren't all gifts free? - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-install-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list > To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: > [email protected] > Subject: unsubscribe > _______________________________________________ Redhat-install-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: [email protected] Subject: unsubscribe