Problem making dual-boot Optiplex GX620
Kevin Raber
ktr at mtu.edu
Wed Jan 11 19:58:33 UTC 2006
Thomas Walter wrote:
> I recently received 25 Dell Optiplex GX620s with two 160GB SATA hard
> drives (DC115 HARD DRIVE, 160G, S2, 7.2K, 8M, LEAD FREE, WD-HAWK) and
> WinXP installed. I want to make the machines dual-boot and first tried to
> install RHEL 3. The install did not see the hard drives. My search on the
> web indicated spotty Linux support for SATA hard drives so I downloaded
> RHEL 4 ES update 2 and tried to install. The Optiplex boots off the first
> install CD, passes the CD media test, begins running annaconda, probes and
> sees video card, monitor and mouse, etc but then hangs when going into X
> leaving a white screen.
>
> We don't have a Redhat support contract so they're no help and the Dell
> rep spent 10 days "researching" an answer and only referred me to a web
> site I found in a nanosecond. I have to return the 25 computers by 1/13 if
> I can't find a solution. Dell sells the Precision workstation with the
> same 160GB SATA drives with RHEL installed so I don't know where the
> problem might lie.
>
> Any help will, of course, be greatly appreciated.
>
> Tom
>
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>
> Thomas Walter
Tom,
Kernel support for the GX620 starts after the latest kernel for
RHEL4. We were able to install FC4 on ours, or you can try building a
RHEL4 kernel with the driver on RH4 compatible machine, then use that
kernel on the GX620.
Kevin Raber
MTU
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