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Hey there!! At work my company ordered a Dell Latitude E6540 and we plan on installing RHEL 6.5 on it. i'm wondering if anyone has ran RHEL or CentOS on it. If so, did you run into any problems? i'm aware that i can leave windows installed and run linux with VM or set up dual boot but i'd like to run only RHEL on this machine.
Hey there!! At work my company ordered a Dell Latitude E6540 and we plan on installing RHEL 6.5 on it. i'm wondering if anyone has ran RHEL or CentOS on it. If so, did you run into any problems? i'm aware that i can leave windows installed and run linux with VM or set up dual boot but i'd like to run only RHEL on this machine.
It should run just fine, since Dell supports Linux. The best thing to do (if you have PROBLEMS that is), is to contact Red Hat and Dell, in that order. Since you're paying for the hardware, you're paying for support. And, since it's for your company, you're also paying for Red Hat Enterprise...which gets you support from THEM as well.
That said, I'd avoid 6.5, and load the latest 7...no sense starting out with an older version on brand-new hardware. And if your company is NOT planning on paying for RHEL, then do NOT LOAD IT. You will NOT get patches/bugfixes/security updates, or access to the online repositories. All you'll wind up doing is having an insecure, unstable system that is more difficult to manage. No point in it...load CentOS 7 instead.
It should run just fine, since Dell supports Linux. The best thing to do (if you have PROBLEMS that is), is to contact Red Hat and Dell, in that order. Since you're paying for the hardware, you're paying for support. And, since it's for your company, you're also paying for Red Hat Enterprise...which gets you support from THEM as well.
That said, I'd avoid 6.5, and load the latest 7...no sense starting out with an older version on brand-new hardware. And if your company is NOT planning on paying for RHEL, then do NOT LOAD IT. You will NOT get patches/bugfixes/security updates, or access to the online repositories. All you'll wind up doing is having an insecure, unstable system that is more difficult to manage. No point in it...load CentOS 7 instead.
Thanks for the reply, TB0ne. I actually told them they didnt need to pay for RHEL since CentOS is free and as close as it gets to the same thing, they chose to go RHEL anyway. They are paying for it so no problems there. The machine will be used to support a government customer running 6.5 so that's the reason for running for 6.5. I'll get the machine on monday i'll find out soon how everything works. i'd imagine i'll at least need some driver support.
Thanks for the reply, TB0ne. I actually told them they didnt need to pay for RHEL since CentOS is free and as close as it gets to the same thing, they chose to go RHEL anyway. They are paying for it so no problems there. The machine will be used to support a government customer running 6.5 so that's the reason for running for 6.5. I'll get the machine on monday i'll find out soon how everything works. i'd imagine i'll at least need some driver support.
Excellent...you're still in good shape (support wise) with RHEL 6.5, so you should be good, and if you're paying you should have no problems. I've never had issues with RHEL on Dell equipment. HP, though...that's different.
So i got RHEL 6.0 and i'm trying to connect to the internet wirelessly or wired. i'm thinking i may need drivers. here are the output of the lspci and ifconfig commands:
Script started on Tue 25 Nov 2014 06:51:07 PM EST
]0;root@localhost:/media/04EB-7F37[?1034h[root@localhost 04EB-7F37]# uname -r
2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64
]0;root@localhost:/media/04EB-7F37[root@localhost 04EB-7F37]# uname
Linux
]0;root@localhost:/media/04EB-7F37[root@localhost 04EB-7F37]# unma[K[Kame -a
Linux localhost 2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Sep 1 01:33:01 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
]0;root@localhost:/media/04EB-7F37[root@localhost 04EB-7F37]
is this a laptop or handheld tablet you are putting rhel6 on ?
if so the hardware might NOT be supported
please check the redhat web site for certified hardware
Quote:
command nothing happens when i connect the ethernet cable
did you turn on the network service ?
or
turn on the OFF BY DEFAULT!!!
"network-manager"
it is disabled by default and might not be installed
( use the install disk to install it )
a server dose not need wireless
i'll double check but i dont think it is listed under supported devices (*ducks as rocks are thrown*) :-)
i asked them to order another machine but they chose this one so unfortunately it is what it is. now i'm stuck trying to figure this out. i do have all the media that came in the redhat 6 box, i wonder if any of that could be helpful....
The first thing that comes to mind, is you say it's 6.0. You originally said you had to have 6.5, which is newer, and supports newer hardware. That is the first thing I'd try. The second thing to do, would be to contact Red Hat support. Since you're having problems with a WIRED connection, that is much simpler to diagnose. If your company is paying for support, this is something that RHEL can easily help you with.
Go the 6.5 route first....and (as root) run "dmesg -c", then plug in your wired connection, wait a few seconds, and run "dmesg", and see what you get.
The first thing that comes to mind, is you say it's 6.0. You originally said you had to have 6.5, which is newer, and supports newer hardware. That is the first thing I'd try. The second thing to do, would be to contact Red Hat support. Since you're having problems with a WIRED connection, that is much simpler to diagnose. If your company is paying for support, this is something that RHEL can easily help you with.
Go the 6.5 route first....and (as root) run "dmesg -c", then plug in your wired connection, wait a few seconds, and run "dmesg", and see what you get.
sorry if i wasnt clear. i asked them to get 6.5 but it showed up at my desk as 6.0. I also found out today that they only ordered the self-support version so help from Redhat MIGHT not be an option. i'm going to contact them ask what my options are.....surely they will help at a price($$$$). in the mean time i installed CentOS 6.5 and the wired and wireless internet access is working fine. when i get a chance i will reinstall RHEL and find what happens when i run the "dmesq" command and post back. Thanks again for the help.
then go back to your boss
and have them contact redhat
and get the NEW 6.6 install dvd's
( i would not yet install 7.0 -- wait until 7.1 or 7.2 comes out )
for 6.0 they will have to PAY EXTRA for any support
and the self support for a version that is 6 versions out of date --- well it is 6 versions out of date
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