Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:

I know this is a Fedora-oriented community mailing list, but seeing as how I don't have "access" to another distro's "support network" I figured I would ask here and hope for the best. Here's the scenario:

I recently downloaded and burned to DVD the .iso file for a certain Linux distro, and everything checked out fine in regards to the download / burn-copy process. But when I insert the CD into another laptop to install this distro onto that laptops's hard drive I get to the main installation menu, which offers me the option to install using the Command Line or the GUI. I chose the GUI (since I suck at the comand line...for NOW!) and the first selection after I chose the GUI is to choose my language, then to set the keyboard, but immediately after those it asks me to select the type of CD drive (SCSI or "Other") I have gone through the ENTIRE list of offerings in those lists but it doesn't recognize ANY of them.....can someone please tell me what the proper procedure is to get me past this point?....the laptop in question is a Lenovo T-420 with 4 GB of memory..a 320 HDD...and an internal / modular CD-ROM drive....

This is silly, without the distro name we would be guessing. And if their support list is exclusionary to that extent, is this really a direction you want to go?

Am 01.02.2013 20:14, schrieb Eddie O'Connor:

Sorry....I was under the impression that you never "named" another distro on a different mailing list....

if you break the rule not ask questions of a different distro on a specific list you have to name it as you have always to mention waht about you are speaking

the distro is Red Hat Enterprise Linux......

they have support channels

I downloaded the ISO from a mirror site and assumed it would install just like Scientific /CEntOS.....but its totally different....

CentOS is a 100% CLONE of RHEL RHEL is not for free, Updates/RHN are NOt for free binaries are NOT for free

you can download the source and rebuild it that is what CebtOS does

I guess if the only way to get it to work is to sign up for the RHN support I might have to just let it go....

if you need support buy RHEL

if you do not want pay for support use CentOS which is a 100% binary compatible clone built from the RHEL sources - that is how the things are working since virtually forever ___________________________________

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CentOS

CentOS is a free operating system distribution based upon the Linux kernel. It is derived entirely from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distribution. CentOS exists to provide a free enterprise class computing platform and strives to maintain 100% binary compatibility with its upstream source, Red Hat.[2] CentOS stands for Community enterprise Operating System.

Eddie O'Connor wrote:

Sorry....I was under the impression that you never "named" another distro on a different mailing list....the distro is Red Hat Enterprise Linux......I downloaded the ISO from a mirror site and assumed it would install just like Scientific /CEntOS.....but its totally different....I guess if the only way to get it to work is to sign up for the RHN support I might have to just let it go....

On Feb 1, 2013 2:05 PM, "Bill Davidsen" <davidsen@tmr.com mailto:davidsen@tmr.com> wrote:

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This is silly, without the distro name we would be guessing. And if their
support list is exclusionary to that extent, is this really a direction you
want to go?

No, you can use CentOS or Scientific Linux to run the code without violating the license. For personal use, or on a single system, there's little to choose between them, CentOS is better known, SL is the software support group for the SuperCollider, has a few tweaks useful if you want your own version of something on a few machines of many, and still want updates to work. I type this on a SL-6.x running in a VM, nice setup to avoid cost of porting from FC6 to current tech.