Category Archives: RHEL

msttcorefonts on RHEL6 / Centos 6 / SL6

msttcorefonts is a way of obtaining the Microsoft TrueType fonts on Linux. However, version 6 release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux no longer includes a pre-requisite of msttcorefonts package, namely chkfontpath, which in turn, relies on the font server package … Continue reading

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RHEL/Centos/Scientific Linux 6.0: PXE install fails due to missing network driver

I experienced an issue trying to run a networked install of SL6.0 on a Dell Optiplex 380 with a Broadcom 57780 network card. The install fails to download the kickstart file due to a missing driver in the pxe kernel. … Continue reading

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