redhat 5.3 with macbook pro 2011
 

I'm trying to install RED HAT 5.3 on a MBP 2011 and it doesn't recognize the HDD, Is there not a driver for the new Intel 6 series chipset yet? I've looked everywhere. Or am I doing something wrong?
I created a bootcamp partition I have rEFIx installed I have an actual REDHAT boot DVD.

It boots from the disk just fine I hit <enter> for the graphical intall and then it says no drivers found, I'm assuming for the HDD. I have an apple SSD.

Any help would be appreciated.

thank you

Craig

Hi Craig, welcome to the forums! Are you aware the current Red Hat release is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0? You can download a 30 day free trial from http://redhat.com

RHEL 5.3 was released in 2009 and definitely will not have the latest drivers for your MBP 2011.

You might also consider Fedora, a free community distro sponsored by Red Hat. Fedora is a cutting-edge distro with great support for recent hardware.

Sorry but I do not have personal experience with the MBP 2011, I suggest using the forum Search feature for answers.

Hi Snowpine,

I'm aware of the 6.0 release. Unfortunately the software I want to run requires the 5.3 release of redhat. But I'll give the 6.0 a shot just to see if I can get it to install at all.

Thank you.

Maybe you should try doing a text install (if possible - have not worked with RHEL 5.3)... could be that it can't find an appropriate video driver.

If you only need RHEL for one particular application, I recommend running it inside a virtual machine. That way you don't even need to reboot; you can run it like an application inside of Mac OS.

Alternately, you could let us know what the application is, maybe we can help with that.

I would not personally use the obsolete RHEL5.3 as my everyday operating system.