Thanks TrevorH and jlehtone.
I've decided that going down that rabbit-hole chasing a solution is going to be a waste of time, and returned the laptops.
Fortunately, other laptop models are more co-operating with CentOS/RedHat.
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- 2020/09/15 17:20:46
- Forum: CentOS 7 - General Support
- Topic: On same hardware, CentOS 7 installations fail while RHEL 7 installation succeed
- Replies: 3
- Views: 387
- 2020/09/02 18:30:50
- Forum: CentOS 7 - General Support
- Topic: CentOS installation crash on Dell laptop
- Replies: 4
- Views: 548
Re: CentOS installation crash on Dell laptop
Seems all CentOS USB sticks with CentOS on them fail as soon as the installation starts, but RHEL 7.8 succeeds. See On same hardware, CentOS 7 installations fail while RHEL 7 installation succeed
- 2020/09/02 18:27:42
- Forum: CentOS 7 - General Support
- Topic: On same hardware, CentOS 7 installations fail while RHEL 7 installation succeed
- Replies: 3
- Views: 387
On same hardware, CentOS 7 installations fail while RHEL 7 installation succeed
I have a disturbing issue installing CentOS on a Dell Vostro 15 3000 laptop . I'm failing to install CentOS 7.{8,6,5,3,2} but am able to install RHEL 7.8 . CentOS 7.{8,6,5} installation crashes with a panic as soon as the installation starts (see URLs below), and CentOS 7.{3,2} installation just sho...
- 2020/08/30 08:13:18
- Forum: CentOS 7 - General Support
- Topic: CentOS installation crash on Dell laptop
- Replies: 4
- Views: 548
Re: CentOS installation crash on Dell laptop
I've installed at least 13 machines with the same USB, so I don't think there's a problem with the USB.
- 2020/08/28 21:13:59
- Forum: CentOS 7 - General Support
- Topic: CentOS installation crash on Dell laptop
- Replies: 4
- Views: 548
CentOS installation crash on Dell laptop
I wanted to install CentOS 7.8 on a Dell Vostro laptop, but I get an OOps style crash, as soon as I chose the install option from the CentOS 7 Install USB.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YXId-x ... sp=sharing
Can something be done?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YXId-x ... sp=sharing
Can something be done?
- 2020/08/11 23:37:29
- Forum: CentOS 7 - General Support
- Topic: CentOS 7.8 installation on HP Envy x360 laptop aborts on partition definition
- Replies: 6
- Views: 484
Re: CentOS 7.8 installation on HP Envy x360 laptop aborts on partition definition
Your very profound observation on the NVMe label gave pointed me in the right direction. I booted the machine to Windows - and checked Disk Manager , and indeed, the disk is completely weird, and the wrong size. So, I decided to install CentOS without saving the NTFS partition (which CentOS recognis...
- 2020/08/11 23:09:44
- Forum: CentOS 7 - General Support
- Topic: CentOS 7.8 installation on HP Envy x360 laptop aborts on partition definition
- Replies: 6
- Views: 484
- 2020/08/11 23:00:28
- Forum: CentOS 7 - General Support
- Topic: CentOS 7.8 installation on HP Envy x360 laptop aborts on partition definition
- Replies: 6
- Views: 484
Re: CentOS 7.8 installation on HP Envy x360 laptop aborts on partition definition
I'll try to resolve the GPT issue as you suggested.
In the meantime, it it helps, this the full Python stack as received when trying to install CentOS in text mode:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZWXR8l ... sp=sharing
In the meantime, it it helps, this the full Python stack as received when trying to install CentOS in text mode:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZWXR8l ... sp=sharing
- 2020/08/11 19:30:38
- Forum: CentOS 7 - General Support
- Topic: CentOS 7.8 installation on HP Envy x360 laptop aborts on partition definition
- Replies: 6
- Views: 484
Re: CentOS 7.8 installation on HP Envy x360 laptop aborts on partition definition
This is the fdisk output:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_8Lglk ... sp=sharing
The machine has Windows 10 installed on it, and some ~500GB of free space.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_8Lglk ... sp=sharing
The machine has Windows 10 installed on it, and some ~500GB of free space.
- 2020/08/11 17:24:41
- Forum: CentOS 7 - General Support
- Topic: CentOS 7.8 installation on HP Envy x360 laptop aborts on partition definition
- Replies: 6
- Views: 484
CentOS 7.8 installation on HP Envy x360 laptop aborts on partition definition
I'm trying to install CentOS 7 on HP Envy x360 laptop. However, as soon as the 'Done' is clicked in the 'Partition Definition' stage, the installation is aborted with the following messages. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZqO3UHpTPJfBvTFQbbT2pGeVDqJ8nskU/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/f...