On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Gregory P. Ennis <po...@pomec.net> wrote:
> >> Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > >>> Eve.8ryone, > >>> > >>> I have had a SuperMicro machine running Centos 5.8 that had been > >>> progressively updated with yum-cron from a 5.0 CD install. > >>> > >>> I upgraded the SuperMicro with more memory, switched out the CD with a > >>> DVD and tried to boot to the Centos x64 6.2 dvd. My plan was to test > >>> the memory before I added the hard drives, but I could not I could not > >>> get the machine to boot from the disc. I also tried some Fedora > <snip> > > Ok. Next question: what *happens* when you try to boot? Do you get > > anywhere? Are there any errors showing up onscreen? > > > > We get a one line descriptor at the top of the screen that starts out > with > > > > ISOLINUX ....... > > > > Sorry, but I can not remember the full line. > > > > The system then hangs at this point, and after this is displayed it does > > not appear that the DVD drive is accessed again. At least the light on > > the DVD does not blink again. > > > If you can boot another server from this DVD, it suggests that there's a > driver missing, though if this is an install disk, that's odd. Have you > tried <ctrl><alt><f4> or f5? IIRC, those should show what goes into dmesg. > > mark > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Mark, > > I have installed 4 other machines with this same DVD disc. The only > thing that is a little different is that we have not attached a hard > disc drive to the SuperMicro yet, we were only at the point of testing > the memory. > > Thanks for your advice about <ctrl><alt>F4 I will not be able to try > this until I can get to the machine, prob 24 hrs. I'll let you know > what happens. > > Greg, can you scare up a spare disk and attach it to test your theory? Cheers, Cliff _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
