TO all,

I have an HP Envy tower cpu. It came with a 2TB default HD. I had added 2 1TB drives. I also had windows on the first 1/2 of the 2TB drive.

Well while attemptign to load the REDHAT cd i kept getting a message satating no OS or dvd not working.

But I was able to boot onto another Hd and get CentOS up. So I downloaded CentOS 6.5 and downloaded it to the dvd/cd drive and it loaded. So I know the dvd/cd drive is ok. Also, the Redhat DVD i got from class,
well I had it replace after a couple phone calls and got another dvd and loaded it into the dvd/cd drive
and got the same damg messages no OS or drive ot working.

HELP!!!
cajunchief

Try looking in your BIOS and ensure (boot order list) that your machine' s set to boot to the CD/DVD drive first.

Aside from that the laser that reads your DVD's might be dusty or dirty.

What type of DVD is it? DVD + R? Or a regular 700 MB CD?

I would stick with CentOS unless I was planning to pay the yearly subscription fee for Red Hat (or your school has purchased some kind of educational license for you). CentOS is functionally identical and will teach you the same Linux skills, for free.

as above
you really do need to buy the REQUIRED support contract

also What version of RedHat ?
CentOS uses the same numbering

RHEL 6.5 is the current with the OLDER legacy version RHEL 5.10

if this is some old version of redhat
say RHHEL4 or RHEL3
or the the really Antique version like RH9 or RH8 or RH7 then it would never install on a new computer

sounds to me like you burned the disk incorrect. you have to make a bootable disk, not just copy the ISO to the disk.

Ztcoracat,
I did set the cpu to boot from DVD/CD in the BIOS. Thats one main thing driving me crazy!!!
The cpu is barely 2 months in my house and I know its not dirty!
The DVD from Redhat is a "Student Eval Dvd" and doesn't indicate what kind of dvd it might be.
I'm GUESSING it probably might be a 700MB disk.
cajunchief

John VV,
The DVD is REDHAT 6.3. I KNOW run the upgrade to 6.5 ASAP.
But its the only version of the DVD that i have.
cajunchief

lleb,
I didn't burn this DVD it is a 'STUDENT eval DVD" from REDHAT.

cajunchief

Snowpine,
I wass considering doing THAT but didn't know how that would impact me on the Redhat exam???

cajunchief

the old rhel 6.3 disk ( if 700 meg it is a CD and NOT a dvd , a very big difference )

the cd's really do not support much hardware
but it should be able to install a text only install ( no gui)

also the 6.3 disk came out in June of 2012 ( almost 2 years ago )
that 30 day trial period might be expired

contact redhat sales
i would download the current RHEL 6.5 install dvd ( after registering at redhat)
burn a dvd
install and register the install ( paid for license )

for the desktop that is $49 to $299 per year
https://www.redhat.com/apps/store/desktop/

it wont. as long as you dont install 3rd party repos the base of CentOS is a direct copy of RHEL without the RH copywrited material.

lleb,

Thanks mate, glad to hear that.
cajunchief

John VV
That's a good Idea, I'll try to go ahead and do that. Thank you.
cajunchief

JohnVV
THANK YOU For the price quote! I am going to implement this very soon.
Cajunchief