[CentOS] Installing RHEL On Laptop.....
Phil Savoie
psavoie1783 at rogers.com
Thu Jan 31 06:36:26 UTC 2013
On 01/31/2013 12:05 AM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
> 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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
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Hello,
Shot in the dark... Maybe try appending nomodeset to the kernel line
before you install...
Phil
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