Gregory P. Ennis 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. > > 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. > Here's a thought: in the BIOS, in boot order, is the DVD *first*? mark _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos