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We are not permitted to have external disk on our work laptops - please advise if we can just use an allocated folder in the c drive for this requirement?
Hi,
work laptops have restrictions and you may not be abe to boot to Exam environment successfully. It is advisable to use your personal laptop for Exam. It is mandatory to have an external USB drive (2.0 or higher with at least 8 GB capacity) to select as boot option and load to Exam environment.
Hi Anitha I have a Chromebook - will that suffice? I notice there is no O/S requirement just hardware requirements for the exam.
All desktop or tower computers used for remote exams must sit either on top of the desk being used or in a place that allows a full 360 degree scan of the computer.
Hi Nikky
Some Chromebooks may comply with the RH Remote exam requirements. Some do not.
ARM CPU is not supported. Forcing the Chromebook to boot from the USB thumb drive is not so easy. If I am not mistaken, it requires you to access developer mode and make some changes in the command line, maybe change the firmware. Also, you need to cope with the Secure Boot challenge, depending on the Chromebook model you have. Without the proper knowledge and skill, your Chromebook may be turned into a useless brick. Thank you for an interesting question, I am looking forward to reading more about your experience with Chromebooks. To sum my answer up, I do not recommend you use a Chromebook to take the RH Remote Exam but the decision and the risk are up to you.
Hello All,
Looking into this thread and the issues people encounter with the remote exams ISO, I'm having second thoughts.
I tried the remote exam iso ( a couple of versions) but it failed to discover my wifi adapter.
Modern laptops don't always have ethernet adapters , docking stations are not supported.
Also built in webcams are not allowed. Need to buy a webcam just for the exam.
Exam center not available in my region.
So what are my options?
I 'm very frustrated.
Maybe it's time for Red Hat to drop this "Remote Exam Live Environment ISO" and move to a browser based remote exam.
Having to worry about the exam environment instead of preparing for the exam is NOT what I was expecting from Red Hat.
Will look for alternative Linux Certification until Red Hat provides a stable Remote Exam ENV.
Hi
How about getting a 10 - 5-year-old ordinary computer?
HP, Dell, Lenovo, etc.
Nothing gaming, nothing fancy, just. an ordinary Probook, Latitude. Something with integrated GPU? There are many of those around for 100 USD. I think it is not difficult to hit a second-hand computer shop with the RE USB stick and try if it boots. Regarding the Ethernet port. Why not get a 100Mbps USB to Ethernet adapter for 7 USD? I think you can even find somebody to borrow the computer from, just for the exam. Besides, this HW can be used for your further education and testing. Personally, I would not take the risk of buying new stuff. It is likely not to be supported. It is not a problem of Redhat but in general. Creating drivers takes 1-3 years for any Linux distro.
Regards
Petr
I am still struggling exactly same issue ( tried AMD Ryzen 7, tried with Intel 11th Gen ) as you mentioned its not working on modern hardware. Probably driver issue, but its annoying. Conclusion: Was approaching Redhat since last Mar 2022, no luck sometimes I feel like after Centos project premature death no contributors to RHEL.
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