Questions about getting ready for your Red Hat remote exam?

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[dunay]

I have 8GB of memory on my Thinkpad

[vishals]

Hi @dunay ,

I tested on two Thinkpad T470s and experienced the same problems as you described. However, it worked as expected on Thinkpad T480s. (I couldn't find any other ThinkPad devices to test) Looking at this, I suspect that this particular model has compatibility issues with the remote exam image. I have alerted the dev team to investigate further.

For now, please try to use the older image located here - https://static.redhat.com/downloads/training-certification/rhrexboot-2020-08.iso, I was able to live boot into this version of the remote exam image.

Regards,

[dunay]

Thank you very much for your answer

I tested with the old remote exam ISO and I have been able to boot successfully

However I wonder if I can use this image to attempt the exam, wouldn't this be prone to problems?

I will see with my company if they can lend me a compatible computer such as T480 or HP Elitebook to use the latest available image -but not sure they will aha.

Thank you again for your help!

[JohnCall]

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@vishals wrote:

For now, please try to use the older image located here - https://static.redhat.com/downloads/training-certification/rhrexboot-2020-08.iso, I was able to live boot into this version of the remote exam image.

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@vishals do you know what the MD5/SHA256 checksums are for the older 2020-08 .iso file? I'd like to make sure I've got a good download. Thanks!

[vishals]

Hi @JohnCall ,

The sha256 checksum of the 08-2020 iso file is 

eda73a25d7d9b5eb51273c1773ee08297d17fb4430200125f3432d2f31ab594f

[garylinker]

I have a Macbook Pro 2019 running Big Sur. I do not see Big Sur listed in the Remote Exam System Requirements. Also, Macbooks no longer have USB ports. I can get an external USB hub but I'm wondering about the overall compatibility with my Macbook and Operating System.

[mbessa]

You'll need some USB-C dongle to connect USB stick with exam OS, external webcam (mandatory), wired mouse and keyboard (optional if you don't laptop keyboard/mouse).  
Unless 2019 model is supported, I suspect you would be facing exactly the same issues I describe in my previous post.

After changing mac boot security I was able boot with the usb stick into the exam OS, but a lot of stuff not working properly, wifi, sound... 

I'm still waiting for feedback from RedHat, but at this point it's a shame they don't support such popular laptops as @Gineesh mentioned as well...

@Deanna @JS_Learning any news on support for recent macbook models ? Thank you!

[Gineesh]

@mbessa, I am not sure this is an issue with Exam Fedora OS.
Have you ever tried the vanilla Fedora OS (LIVE boot) on the macOS ?


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[mbessa]

Yes, tried Fedora 34 boot image but it was even worst, didn't boot at all.

[Gineesh]

@mbessa, yeah so it's a MacBook issue rather than Fedora or Exam Fedora.
So, we still need to wait for Red Hat to come up with a solution :)


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