[CentOS] Can't install CentOS4

[Steven Vishoot]

--- Ajay Sharma <ssharma at revsharecorp.com> wrote:

> Karanbir Singh wrote:
> > Ajay Sharma wrote:
> > 
> >> My email server is running CentOS 3 and I can't
> upgrade it to 
> >> CentOS 4 using the CD's.  At first I thought it
> was the old 
> >> Megaraid card (that's no longer supported), so I
> replaced that with
> >>  a new card. I've tried ISO's from CentOS 4, 4.1
> and now 4.2 which 
> >> I've tested and booted in other machines.  Just
> not this one.
> > 
> > 
> > if the cd-rom wont boot this machine, when it does
> boot on another 
> > machine - the most likely cause would be bad
> cd-rom or cd-rom cant 
> > read cd-media.
> 
> I guess that's possible, but wouldn't it crap out on
> the "Loading
> vmlinuz....." part?  It freezes up right in the
> middle of kernel 
> hardware detection phase.
> 
> > you could try booting over the network using PXE
> or just use the 
> > kernel+initrd from the pxe images, add them to the
> local grub loader,
> >  boot into a network install.
> 
> It certainly something to try....
> 
> > remember that there is no CentOS3 to CentOS4
> upgrade path, you need 
> > to boot with the  'upgradeany' option and force
> CentOS4 onto the 
> > machine.
> >
> > Perhaps, as has already been suggested, a fresh
> install might be 
> > better ?
> 
> Whoops, I forgot to mention that in my email.  I'm
> not upgrading the 
> machine, I'm going to wipe it out and install a
> clean copy of CentOS4. 
> I only broght up CentOS 3 to show that the machine
> isn't 'broken' and 
> I'm able to install linux on there.  It just doesn't
> like CentOS 4 for 
> some reason.
> 
> 
> Tony Wicks wrote:
> > If you are having too many problems upgrading and
> don't want to start
> >  from scratch, why not stay put on Centos3.x ?
> 
> Just to be clear, I am starting from scratch.  When
> I boot from the CD 
> it loads fine but then freezes right after the
> kernel says something 
> about the AGP video card.
> 
> And I want to upgrade for the 2.6 kernel and I also
> want to put reiserfs 
> on this server.  The machine is getting a little old
> and I think this 
> will help the performance for the next year or two
> before we retire it 
> for good.
> 
> --Ajay
> 
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I would try the swapping of cd-rom, i have had weird
stuff like this happen in the past and soon as i did a
swap out of the cd-rom that problem disappeared.

Steven
 

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