Not sure if this is the right place to come to, but I don't have "RHN" support.....I'm hoping someone can help me out here.
I have downloaded the RHEL .ios file and burned it to DVD/CD, my laptop is primed to Boot From CD/ROM Drive, I start the installation using the semi-graphical interface, and the first few options are a breeze, then it gets to identifying the CD drive and it asks me which driver I want to use....there's only a list of about 10 and NONE of them work, when I select it, it searches for a minute, then it goes back to the "Install Your CD Drive" screen. Is there some way to skip this part? or to have the install disc automatically find this info? Did I download the wrong version of RHEL? (supposedly it's free...but I do not know this for sure....maybe there's a "different" version than the one with the paid subscription and support?) Any help someone can give would be appreciated....I've included the output of my lshw in the hopes that someone can point me to the file that I need to get past this point?
Cheers!
EGO II ********************************************************************************************************************************** orion-2015 description: Notebook product: 4236MBU () vendor: LENOVO version: ThinkPad T420 serial: PBBVXMP width: 32 bits capabilities: smbios-2.6 dmi-2.6 configuration: administrator_password=disabled chassis=notebook family=ThinkPad T420 power-on_password=disabled uuid=01202A76-8A51-CB11-94E8-924CC9AF70CB *-core description: Motherboard product: 4236MBU vendor: LENOVO physical id: 0 version: Not Available serial: 1ZLEH26J1TW slot: Not Available *-cpu description: CPU product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2540M CPU @ 2.60GHz vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 1 bus info: cpu@0 version: 6.10.7 serial: 0002-06A7-0000-0000-0000-0000 slot: CPU size: 2601MHz capacity: 2601MHz width: 64 bits clock: 100MHz capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx rdtscp constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx lahf_lm ida arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid cpufreq configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 id=0 threads=4 *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 2 slot: L1-Cache size: 64KiB capacity: 64KiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-through data *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: 3 slot: L2-Cache size: 256KiB capacity: 256KiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-through data *-cache:2 description: L3 cache physical id: 4 slot: L3-Cache size: 3MiB capacity: 3MiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified *-logicalcpu:0 description: Logical CPU physical id: 0.1 width: 64 bits capabilities: logical *-logicalcpu:1 description: Logical CPU physical id: 0.2 width: 64 bits capabilities: logical *-logicalcpu:2 description: Logical CPU physical id: 0.3 width: 64 bits capabilities: logical *-logicalcpu:3 description: Logical CPU physical id: 0.4 width: 64 bits capabilities: logical *-logicalcpu:4 description: Logical CPU physical id: 0.5 width: 64 bits capabilities: logical *-logicalcpu:5 description: Logical CPU physical id: 0.6 width: 64 bits capabilities: logical *-logicalcpu:6 description: Logical CPU physical id: 0.7 width: 64 bits capabilities: logical *-logicalcpu:7 description: Logical CPU physical id: 0.8 width: 64 bits capabilities: logical *-logicalcpu:8 description: Logical CPU physical id: 0.9 width: 64 bits capabilities: logical *-logicalcpu:9 description: Logical CPU physical id: 0.a width: 64 bits capabilities: logical *-logicalcpu:10 description: Logical CPU physical id: 0.b width: 64 bits capabilities: logical *-logicalcpu:11 description: Logical CPU physical id: 0.c width: 64 bits capabilities: logical *-logicalcpu:12 description: Logical CPU physical id: 0.d width: 64 bits capabilities: logical *-logicalcpu:13 description: Logical CPU physical id: 0.e width: 64 bits capabilities: logical *-logicalcpu:14 description: Logical CPU physical id: 0.f width: 64 bits capabilities: logical *-logicalcpu:15 description: Logical CPU physical id: 0.10 width: 64 bits capabilities: logical *-memory description: System Memory physical id: 5 slot: System board or motherboard size: 6GiB *-bank:0 description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1067 MHz (0.9 ns) product: HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 vendor: Hynix/Hyundai physical id: 0 serial: 19606B99 slot: ChannelA-DIMM0 size: 4GiB width: 64 bits clock: 1067MHz (0.9ns) *-bank:1 description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1067 MHz (0.9 ns) product: AXIOM MEMORY vendor: 0000 physical id: 1 serial: 00000000 slot: ChannelB-DIMM0 size: 2GiB width: 64 bits clock: 1067MHz (0.9ns) *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: LENOVO physical id: 10 version: 83ET67WW (1.37 ) date: 11/28/2011 size: 128KiB capacity: 8128KiB capabilities: pci pnp upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb biosbootspecification *-pci description: Host bridge product: Sandy Bridge DRAM Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 09 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: Intel Corporation vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 version: 09 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 resources: irq:41 memory:f0000000-f03fffff memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:5000(size=64) *-communication:0 description: Communication controller product: Cougar Point HECI Controller #1 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 16 bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0 version: 04 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=mei latency=0 resources: irq:43 memory:f2525000-f252500f *-communication:1 description: Serial controller product: Cougar Point KT Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 16.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:16.3 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm msi 16550 bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=serial latency=0 resources: irq:19 ioport:50b0(size=8) memory:f252c000-f252cfff *-network description: Ethernet interface product: 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 19 bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0 logical name: eth0 version: 04 serial: 00:21:cc:c7:7f:fd capacity: 1Gbit/s width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=2.0.0-k firmware=0.13-3 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair resources: irq:42 memory:f2500000-f251ffff memory:f252b000-f252bfff ioport:5080(size=32) *-usb:0 description: USB Controller product: Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1a bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:16 memory:f252a000-f252a3ff *-multimedia description: Audio device product: Cougar Point High Definition Audio Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1b bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0 version: 04 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0 resources: irq:45 memory:f2520000-f2523fff *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 1 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1c bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0 version: b4 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:16 *-pci:1 description: PCI bridge product: Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 2 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1c.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1 version: b4 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:17 memory:f2400000-f24fffff *-network description: Wireless interface product: 6000 Series Gen2 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0 logical name: wlan0 version: 34 serial: 8c:70:5a:bb:40:30 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=3.6.11-1.fu2013.i686.PAE firmware=18.168.6.1 ip=192.168.1.102 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn resources: irq:44 memory:f2400000-f2401fff *-pci:2 description: PCI bridge product: Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 4 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1c.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.3 version: b4 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:19 ioport:4000(size=4096) memory:f1c00000-f23fffff ioport:f0400000(size=8388608) *-pci:3 description: PCI bridge product: Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 5 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1c.4 bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.4 version: b4 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:16 ioport:3000(size=4096) memory:f1400000-f1bfffff ioport:f0c00000(size=8388608) *-generic description: System peripheral product: Ricoh Co Ltd vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:0d:00.0 version: 08 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: msi pm pciexpress bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=sdhci-pci latency=0 resources: irq:16 memory:f1400000-f14000ff *-usb:1 description: USB Controller product: Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1d bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:23 memory:f2529000-f25293ff *-isa description: ISA bridge product: Cougar Point LPC Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0 resources: irq:0 *-storage description: SATA controller product: Cougar Point 6 port SATA AHCI Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ahci latency=0 resources: irq:40 ioport:50a8(size=8) ioport:50bc(size=4) ioport:50a0(size=8) ioport:50b8(size=4) ioport:5060(size=32) memory:f2528000-f25287ff *-serial description: SMBus product: Cougar Point SMBus Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3 version: 04 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: driver=i801_smbus latency=0 resources: irq:18 memory:f2524000-f25240ff ioport:efa0(size=32) *-scsi:0 physical id: 0 logical name: scsi0 capabilities: emulated *-disk description: ATA Disk product: ST320LT007-9ZV14 vendor: Seagate physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sda version: 0004 serial: W0Q64H7T size: 298GiB (320GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=4096 signature=000758a7 *-volume:0 description: EXT4 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sda1 logical name: /boot version: 1.0 serial: 52f28da4-4564-4bb6-8b66-b2778a76b5c6 size: 500MiB capacity: 500MiB capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink extents ext4 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2012-11-09 23:06:43 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/boot modified=2013-01-29 11:22:20 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,data=ordered mounted=2013-01-29 11:19:39 state=mounted *-volume:1 description: Linux LVM Physical Volume partition physical id: 2 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2 logical name: /dev/sda2 serial: pDNcW3-v8IL-95G6-9N2H-Nlle-zELg-yc0bGe size: 297GiB capacity: 297GiB capabilities: primary multi lvm2 *-scsi:1 physical id: 2 logical name: scsi1 capabilities: emulated *-cdrom description: DVD-RAM writer product: DVDRAM GT50N vendor: HL-DT-ST physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/cdrom logical name: /dev/cdrw logical name: /dev/dvd logical name: /dev/dvdrw logical name: /dev/scd0 logical name: /dev/sr0 logical name: /media/Red Hat Linux_i386 6.2 version: LT20 capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram configuration: ansiversion=5 mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=500,gid=501,iocharset=utf8,mode=0400,dmode=0500 state=mounted status=ready *-medium physical id: 0 logical name: /dev/cdrom logical name: /media/Red Hat Linux_i386 6.2 configuration: mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=500,gid=501,iocharset=utf8,mode=0400,dmode=0500 state=mounted *-battery product: 45N1005 vendor: LGC physical id: 1 slot: Rear capacity: 56160mWh configuration: voltage=10.8V