On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 14:18 -0800, Fong Vang wrote:
> On 3/28/06, Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 08:47 -0800, Fong Vang wrote:
> > > I have a couple of systems here that are refusing to boot after the
> > > installation of CentOS 4.3 when done through Kickstart. They boot
> > > fine when installed from CD. The boot hangs after grub loads the
> > > kernel and initrd. The cursor is still flashing. The strange thing is
> > > that the same drive containing the OS installation boots fine when
> > > moved to a slightly older system (older system uses Nacona CPU. New
> > > system uses Irwindale CPU. Both use the same motherboard).
> > >
> > > Any idea how to troubleshoot it at this point? I've tried disabling
> > > USB, APIC, etc. without much luck.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > That is very strange. One thing to look at the BIOS of the motherboard.
>
> It's very strange. I've looked at the BIOS but nothing seem to jump
> out. The hang is occurring too early in the boot process to tell
> what's wrong.
>
Might search the archives. IIRC, one poster the other day discovered
that on his particular MB, the presence of a USB header jumper caused a
problem. Probably not your situation, but the archives might inspire
some ideas. Also, strip the machine of *everything* you can and start
install and see how it goes. Turn off everything in the bios that you
can. If you get a good install, enable stuff one-by-one.
Google for your MoBo and either Fedora or CentOS 4 and maybe their are
clues there. Tech support for the MoBo may have the answer already too.
Check their forums.
HTH
Bill
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