Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740
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Fedora is not on the official support list, but CentOS is. Oddly, Dell lists only outdated, and not fully working Ubuntu, but Ubuntu has info that their latest release(s) work fine.
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@scottalanmiller said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
Fedora is not on the official support list
But...
@scottalanmiller said in NVidia Graphics Card on the Fritz?:
Official support is kinda worthless
So I guess you'll need to use something that is officially supported (that works) unless you can find something else that works, as...
@scottalanmiller said in NVidia Graphics Card on the Fritz?:
what actually works is far more important.
^_^
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@scottalanmiller New installation? If so, was it a netinstall?
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@travisdh1 said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
@scottalanmiller New installation? If so, was it a netinstall?
You'll thinking that using the DVD version might work better?
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@black3dynamite said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
@travisdh1 said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
@scottalanmiller New installation? If so, was it a netinstall?
You'll thinking that using the DVD version might work better?
No, I'm thinking it would work better if it was the net installed version. If this is the DVD version, and first boot before updates have been applied, then the newer packages may fix the issue.
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@travisdh1 said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
@scottalanmiller New installation? If so, was it a netinstall?
Brand new box.
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@obsolesce said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
@scottalanmiller said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
Fedora is not on the official support list
But...
@scottalanmiller said in NVidia Graphics Card on the Fritz?:
Official support is kinda worthless
So I guess you'll need to use something that is officially supported (that works) unless you can find something else that works, as...
@scottalanmiller said in NVidia Graphics Card on the Fritz?:
what actually works is far more important.
^_^
You need what works. With the RoG, I'm the one doing the testing. In this case, I don't want a remote tech testing one OS after another to see what works.
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Is this a UEFI install?
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@fateknollogee said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
Is this a UEFI install?
Would have to be.
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@scottalanmiller said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
@fateknollogee said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
Is this a UEFI install?
Would have to be.
Choose the option that says "Troubleshoot & Install Fedora 28", you'll need to "arrow down" once
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Sorry, it says "Test this media & install Fedora 28"
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Do you really want to force an OS onto a production system when it won't just go on cleanly like it should? You really think that's good for stability? I'd just try Fedora 27, and if that doesn't work, the latest version of CentOS that Dell officially supports. It's not worth the hassle and potential instability.
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@fateknollogee said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
@scottalanmiller said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
@fateknollogee said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
Is this a UEFI install?
Would have to be.
Choose the option that says "Troubleshoot & Install Fedora 28", you'll need to "arrow down" once
Yup, already asked them to do this a while ago.
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@obsolesce said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
Do you really want to force an OS onto a production system when it won't just go on cleanly like it should? You really think that's good for stability? I'd just try Fedora 27, and if that doesn't work, the latest version of CentOS that Dell officially supports. It's not worth the hassle and potential instability.
That's pretty much how all systems are if you want to keep them patched and updated. Just how IT works. Dell doesn't "officially" support much current, and those things won't be current soon.
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@scottalanmiller said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
@obsolesce said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
Do you really want to force an OS onto a production system when it won't just go on cleanly like it should? You really think that's good for stability? I'd just try Fedora 27, and if that doesn't work, the latest version of CentOS that Dell officially supports. It's not worth the hassle and potential instability.
That's pretty much how all systems are if you want to keep them patched and updated. Just how IT works. Dell doesn't "officially" support much current, and those things won't be current soon.
Then hopefully Fedora 27 installs cleanly and you can just upgrade to 28 later. That's the route I'd go if I could.
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@obsolesce said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
@scottalanmiller said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
@obsolesce said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
Do you really want to force an OS onto a production system when it won't just go on cleanly like it should? You really think that's good for stability? I'd just try Fedora 27, and if that doesn't work, the latest version of CentOS that Dell officially supports. It's not worth the hassle and potential instability.
That's pretty much how all systems are if you want to keep them patched and updated. Just how IT works. Dell doesn't "officially" support much current, and those things won't be current soon.
Then hopefully Fedora 27 installs cleanly and you can just upgrade to 28 later. That's the route I'd go if I could.
Why 27? Is there something about 27 that should make it work better here?
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@scottalanmiller said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
@obsolesce said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
@scottalanmiller said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
@obsolesce said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
Do you really want to force an OS onto a production system when it won't just go on cleanly like it should? You really think that's good for stability? I'd just try Fedora 27, and if that doesn't work, the latest version of CentOS that Dell officially supports. It's not worth the hassle and potential instability.
That's pretty much how all systems are if you want to keep them patched and updated. Just how IT works. Dell doesn't "officially" support much current, and those things won't be current soon.
Then hopefully Fedora 27 installs cleanly and you can just upgrade to 28 later. That's the route I'd go if I could.
Why 27? Is there something about 27 that should make it work better here?
I'm assuming 28 doesn't go because it's "too new", and that 27 will work. Why would CentOS work but not Fedora in that case?
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@obsolesce said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
@scottalanmiller said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
@obsolesce said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
@scottalanmiller said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
@obsolesce said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
Do you really want to force an OS onto a production system when it won't just go on cleanly like it should? You really think that's good for stability? I'd just try Fedora 27, and if that doesn't work, the latest version of CentOS that Dell officially supports. It's not worth the hassle and potential instability.
That's pretty much how all systems are if you want to keep them patched and updated. Just how IT works. Dell doesn't "officially" support much current, and those things won't be current soon.
Then hopefully Fedora 27 installs cleanly and you can just upgrade to 28 later. That's the route I'd go if I could.
Why 27? Is there something about 27 that should make it work better here?
I'm assuming 28 doesn't go because it's "too new", and that 27 will work. Why would CentOS work but not Fedora in that case?
RHEL 7 is from Fedora 19.
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/quick-docs/en-US/fedora-and-red-hat-enterprise-linux.html -
@obsolesce said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
@scottalanmiller said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
@obsolesce said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
@scottalanmiller said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
@obsolesce said in Fedora Install Issues on Dell PowerEdge R740:
Do you really want to force an OS onto a production system when it won't just go on cleanly like it should? You really think that's good for stability? I'd just try Fedora 27, and if that doesn't work, the latest version of CentOS that Dell officially supports. It's not worth the hassle and potential instability.
That's pretty much how all systems are if you want to keep them patched and updated. Just how IT works. Dell doesn't "officially" support much current, and those things won't be current soon.
Then hopefully Fedora 27 installs cleanly and you can just upgrade to 28 later. That's the route I'd go if I could.
Why 27? Is there something about 27 that should make it work better here?
I'm assuming 28 doesn't go because it's "too new", and that 27 will work. Why would CentOS work but not Fedora in that case?
Yeah, but the age difference between CentOS 7 and Fedora 27 is roughly the same as Fedora 28. The gap is huge.
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Tested media and ran again...
