Trying to install CentOS 5.9 on ASUS Z87-Expert -- Hangs
 

All,

I've been trying to install CentOS 5.9 on few systems I built up using ASUS Z87-Expert MB with an Intel i7-4770k (haswell) CPU and just about every time it hangs. I have tried most everything, like, swapping out the HD, DVD, Memory, CPU.

It is hanging during the format section of the install and if I'm lucky enough it will hang during install.

Anyone out there have this problem to?

ASUS doesn't support Linux.


Let me know if there is another MB out there that can easily load 5.9 with the Haswell CPU.

Thank you,

T

probably it is not centos that won't run on your hardware but rather kernel. On new hardware always stick to new kernels if possible..

just for information:Centos 5.9 is not the latest stable version.

first off is it 100% MANDATORY to use the rather OLD 5 series ?
although RHEL 5.10 and Cent 5.9 are current updates the 5 series major versions of software are 6.5 years old
from April 2007

firefox is version 10 ( yes version 10 is the update )

or the long life firefox 17.09

and not the current firefox 24

ImageMagick-6.2
and the current is 6.8
The Gimp 2.2 and the current is 2.8

CentOS 5 also will not have any support for any new hardware
it was designed for hardware from 2007

but if you MUST , 100% MUST, use 5.9 and not the current 6.4 ( soon to be 6.5 )


on that hardware
install centos 6.4
then in a VM install 5.9 IN THE VM

Yooy & John,


Thank you for your quick response.

Unfortunately, our development tools do not support Version 6.X otherwise I'd move to the next stable release.

I was able to get 2 systems loaded up, but not without a lot of pain. Took me around 7-15 tries to finally get loaded.

I'll have to say that it is very fast and stable once loaded up.

T

to bad you can not use the current rhel
rhel5 hit it's end of production 1 last January
and will hit "End of Production 2" support this coming January

now Production 3 goes to 2017

can you tell me the tricks?
I need to run rhel5.x or rhel6.x on asus z87 + i74770 platform.
I tried many times, always failed.
thank you.

Kaoruzhu,

For me it usually hangs during format of the HD. If I make past there it will hang shortly there after. CentOS has a newly released 5.10 but that is worse than 5.9

Sorry I could not be more help,

T

contact red hat sales and they can tell you if the hardware is supported
RHEL 6.5 is NOT free
-- single desktop install
the standard 1 year REQUIRED support contract is $299 / year
with a $49/ year SELF SUPPORT - you can not call redhat for help !

-- server install
anywhere from $349 to over $8600 / year



or use CentOS 6.4 ( a FREE rebuild of RHEL )

but then YOU are your own tech support

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All -

I think I have this solved.

Not sure why the first two systems worked and the following 5 did not.

In BIOS v1008 <-- This should not work. I upgraded the BIOS to 1602

In BIOS 1405 or greater they added an additional feature called Memory Scrambler" found here in the BIOS.

Advanced | System agent Configuration | Memory Configuration

Memory scrambler is Enabled by default, disable it.

Rebooted and now my install finishes and I have a blazing fast development system.

T