on 10-29-2008 2:54 PM Niki Kovacs spake the following:

Hi,

I just tried to install a CentOS 5 desktop on very recent hardware, an Acer desktop machine. The installer stopped short very early. I gave Ubuntu 8.04 a shot, and it installed without a problem. Now what can I do about this?

1) Try the RHEL 5.3 Beta and see if it is any better. Report your findings to the list.

2) See if the manufacturer has a driver disk for the hardware (not likely).

3) Use Ubuntu until 5.3 comes out, and see if it (CentOS) supports the hardware later.

Is there a way to use some "enhanced" kernel (like the centos.plus kernel) to perform the install? I guess what's missing there is a specific driver for something (SATA drive? Processor?).

There are some boot options to try, but you have a good chance that CentOS won't support your hardware. There isn't any way to use a different installer kernel without learning how to build install disks with Anaconda. It is not the most difficult thing in the world to do, but it is not the easiest either.

Any suggestions?

Niki

Niki Kovacs wrote:

I just tried to install a CentOS 5 desktop on very recent hardware, an Acer desktop machine. The installer stopped short very early. I gave Ubuntu 8.04 a shot, and it installed without a problem. Now what can I do about this?

Is there a way to use some "enhanced" kernel (like the centos.plus kernel) to perform the install? I guess what's missing there is a specific driver for something (SATA drive? Processor?).

You have to provide specific error messages from the install logs and be very specific on your hardware. Do some "homework" however. With 5.3 beta out you can become a beta tester with your hardware.

Spike