Installing RHEL5 on Dell Inspiron 1525 core 2 duo T5800

amit_kalipur · 01-27-2009, 05:40 AM

Dear Everyone,
I bought a LAPTOP Dell Inspiron 1525 core 2 duo T5800 and configured dual booting with xp sp2 and RHEL5 but problen is that the virtual consoles of CLI in linux is not opening and Ethernet card is not detecting.
I want to complete setup RHEL5 on my LAPTOP.Please help me how can i do this? I have scared whether my LAPTOP will support rhel5 or not.
I am attaching the output of lspci,lsusb,hal-devices commands and error messages displayed at boot time .Please find the attechment and let me know the problem and solutions
With best regards
Amit Kumar Singh.
New Delhi India.

watcher69b · 01-27-2009, 07:07 AM

The problem is that RHEL is really designed for servers. I also have tried it only my 1525
The easiest way to get your laptop to work perfectly with Linux is to use Fedora 10. It is designed as a desktop/laptop version of RHEL. It has better hardware support and should work perfectly on your hardware with out any need for tweaking.
I know that this isnt a solution, if you need any help or a DVD copy please let me know
~n