Problems with RHEL5 Install

[Tyler Pauly]

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 <ricks at nerd.com> 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.
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