Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 Installation on Thinkpad X220

2011-09-12 Thread Janne TH. Nyman
>> I might be wrong, but is it possible that this port is USB3? That way the >> BIOS would be able to boot the CD from it, but neither linux nor windows is >> likely to have suitable drivers for using it. >> jh That may be the reason :) I thought it was me going nuts. Again, thanks all for y

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 Installation on Thinkpad X220

2011-09-12 Thread John Hodrien
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011, Janne TH. Nyman wrote: > When lenovo's external CDROM/DVD is plugged into this port, I am unable > to install linux in general or other OS's. Once I plug it into any of > the other USB ports bottom left or right, it works perfectly. > > No wonder I haven't found any problem po

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 Installation on Thinkpad X220

2011-09-11 Thread Janne TH. Nyman
> And she changed it from AHCI to compatibility mode (had to change itto > that mode to make the drive being recognized?), which is not the best > setting regarding speed. Alexander: The she is actually a he :) > Quite right, sorry, I'd read it backwards. So presumably either a bug > in the > AHC

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 Installation on Thinkpad X220

2011-09-10 Thread John Hodrien
On Sat, 10 Sep 2011, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am 10.09.2011 13:40, schrieb John Hodrien: >> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011, Janne TH. Nyman wrote: > >>> These where the steps I took to resolve it: >>> >>> 1. Start Laptop >>> 2. When first boot screen appears, press F1 to get into the BIOS setup >>> 3. Go to

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 Installation on Thinkpad X220

2011-09-10 Thread Timo Neuvonen
> Now it boots and installs. Since CentOS has an older kernel than RHEL > 6.1 I am not able to get screen resolution etc to work so I will run > RHEL on this one as Keyboard keys, Web cam, Sound, Ericsson WLAN, all > just works :) > If you have access to RHEL binaries, that's fine. I hadn't, so I

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 Installation on Thinkpad X220

2011-09-10 Thread Alexander Dalloz
Am 10.09.2011 13:40, schrieb John Hodrien: > On Sat, 10 Sep 2011, Janne TH. Nyman wrote: >> These where the steps I took to resolve it: >> >> 1. Start Laptop >> 2. When first boot screen appears, press F1 to get into the BIOS setup >> 3. Go to Config > Serial ATA and change AHCI to Compatibility >

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 Installation on Thinkpad X220

2011-09-10 Thread John Hodrien
On Sat, 10 Sep 2011, Janne TH. Nyman wrote: > Hi all, > > All resolved now. Thanks to Paul for pointing out the basics :) > > This had nothing to do with the e1000e as I thought earlier. It has to > do with the AHCI mode set for the SATA interface. > > These where the steps I took to resolve it: >

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 Installation on Thinkpad X220

2011-09-10 Thread Janne TH. Nyman
Hi all, All resolved now. Thanks to Paul for pointing out the basics :) This had nothing to do with the e1000e as I thought earlier. It has to do with the AHCI mode set for the SATA interface. These where the steps I took to resolve it: 1. Start Laptop 2. When first boot screen appears, press F

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 Installation on Thinkpad X220

2011-09-09 Thread Robert Heller
At Fri, 9 Sep 2011 12:01:04 -0700 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 07:57:41PM +0100, Janne Nyman wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > unless you are doing this for a specific reason (ie eval/training) > > > would advise that centos is not really a laptop distribution > > > despite w

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 Installation on Thinkpad X220

2011-09-09 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 07:57:41PM +0100, Janne Nyman wrote: > > Hi > > > > unless you are doing this for a specific reason (ie eval/training) > > would advise that centos is not really a laptop distribution > > despite what redhat may try to suggest. > > > > best desktop/laptop in my opinion is ma

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 Installation on Thinkpad X220

2011-09-09 Thread Janne Nyman
> Hi > > unless you are doing this for a specific reason (ie eval/training) would > advise that centos is not really a laptop distribution despite what > redhat may try to suggest. > > best desktop/laptop in my opinion is mageia > > regards peter >> I am trying to install CentOS 6 x86_64 on a Lenov

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 Installation on Thinkpad X220

2011-09-09 Thread Always Learning
On Fri, 2011-09-09 at 08:41 +0100, Janne Nyman wrote: > I am trying to install CentOS 6 x86_64 on a Lenovo Thinkpad x220. > > During the installation it asks me to insert a driver. What type of 'driver' ? Any more clues ? At what stage of the installation did you get the request ? Paul. __

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 Installation on Thinkpad X220

2011-09-09 Thread John Hodrien
On Fri, 9 Sep 2011, Janne Nyman wrote: > I am trying to install CentOS 6 x86_64 on a Lenovo Thinkpad x220. > > During the installation it asks me to insert a driver. > > Has anyone done this successfully? You might want to be a bit more specific about what it's complaining about. About the only g

[CentOS] CentOS 6 Installation on Thinkpad X220

2011-09-09 Thread Janne Nyman
I am trying to install CentOS 6 x86_64 on a Lenovo Thinkpad x220. During the installation it asks me to insert a driver. Has anyone done this successfully? -- Rgds, Janne Nyman M: +44 751 696 1842 E: jny...@jbtec.org ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@