Re: Installing RHEL On Laptop.....

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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@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
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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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