Not able to install linux

[Ansari]

Hi,

I'm trying to install linux on my pc. Configuration is :

Motherboard : Asus m5a97 evo.

HDD : 2 TB & 80 GB ( Installing linux on 80GB)

Ram : 16GB

Graphics card : ATI 7850.

I'm trying to install RHEL 4.

But during installing i get a msg about some drivers missing. After some research found out the problem is with AHCI controller. For the very same reason i was not able to install Win XP. So changed the sata controller to IDE. I was able to install XP but not linux.

Please help.....

[Irithori]

Hi and welcome

rhel4 is from 2005.
It has reached end-of-life.
There is no point in using it anymore, let alone installing it on a new machine.

My recommendation would be to use rhel6.3, if you need the commercial support of a paid subscription,
or try centos6.3 for a binary compatible rhel clone without commercial support.

[devils casper]

I agree with Irithori. You should go for CentOS instead of RedHat. CentOS is a clone of RHEL minus RH branding.

[Irithori]

That´s not what I meant

While centos is certainly capable (especially) as a server distribution,
the commercial support and/or status of rhel can be valid reasons to go this route.
Think: SLAs, distribution of responsibilities, etc

So it depends on the usecase, which distro is more applicable.

[devils casper]

In any case, I prefer CentOS over RHEL. Its free, has great community support and rock solid. I have two production servers and both are running CentOS.
I don't think status matters much while choosing any distro.

[Ansari]

@Irithori,

I understand, the whole purpose of using rhel 4 is to install a software called oracle 10G. Which is best supported by RHEL4 only. The reason is later version of rhel4 were released after the release of oracle software. SO I gotta downgrade rhel version. It can be done, i got a tutorial for it, But is damn complex and doesnt prove the complete functionality of oracle 10G software.

[Irithori]

You will not be able to install rhel4 on this hardware, at least not without intrusive modifications.
One could think of running rhel4 in a VM, but this will set limitations on cpu, ram and especially IO and will introduce more complexity.

My recommendation would be to migrate to both redhat/centos 6 and oracle 11g r2