[ale] Scientific Linux 6.3 and Intel core 5 fail installs

[jim.kinney at gmail.com (Jim Kinney)]

Try centos 6.3 or an older version. It's an anaconda bug.
You will (I think) need to pass the RHSA to take the RHCE exam.
On Jan 21, 2013 7:05 PM, "Damon L. Chesser" <damon at damtek.com> wrote:

> On 01/21/2013 05:47 PM, Sergio Chaves wrote:
>
>> I decided to take the RHCE/RHCSA exam(s) - not sure yet which one.
>> I bought me a Dell Latitude E6410, with a core5 processor to install SL
>> 6.3.
>> I always thought that the processor is a 64 bit processor. Google
>> confirms it.
>> SL 6.3 X86_64 however, fails to install with the message "...you need
>> a 64 bit processor".
>> To kill my curiosity, I downloaded the SL 6.3 i686 and tried to
>> install it. It fails with the message "...you need a pae kernel".
>> When I search for bugs and such, I find that older SL/RHEL versions
>> fail to see the icore processors as 64 bit but that it was fixed/bug
>> closed.
>>
>> Trying to install on a Virtualbox VM also failed with the same errors.
>> Next, I will try the SL 6.3 live version. Some folks with same errors
>> claim to have successfully installed via Live CD.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>
> Try CentOS 6.3?
>
>
>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Sergio
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