Install Red Hat learning environment on Instructor Station

[Jonathan]

Good Evening,

The college I support has recently updated the classroom to Dell PCs which have a UEFI Bios installed. Dell Optiplex Tower Plus 7020 and the BIOS Version is 1.5.0. When I download the Red Hat image (usb-9.2-50G-rhcsa9.0-mbr-r2023060818.img), then using DD to push the image into a USB stick and then try to boot the new Dell PC, it doesn't even see the USB stick. I also tried this image (usb-9.3-48G-rhcsa9.3-mbr-r2024102419.img).

I think the issue may be that the USB stick is formated in Ext4, by the DD process.

Has anyone seen this issue and how did you resolve it.

[dnaspliceoflife]

not sure if using dd for a .img file is the best way to go.

If it was an iso file, sure. I could help with that but my limited understanding if img files is that you benefite from using a different piece of software.

Here is the site I found useful on this topic:

https://www.uubyte.com/burn-img-to-usb-drive.html

Also, in the UEFI, have you made USB drives the first device to check for a bootable drive?

[TudorRaduta]

Quick question - are you using the latest version of the setup doc? Just in case, here’s the link to the most up-to-date one: https://rha.ole.redhat.com/rha/app/resources/installation-and-troubleshooting-guides >> 00-Introduction to RHA DIY Labs-20241024.pdf