Greg,
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 install discs as well as LiveFedora and the machine would still not boot. I could get it to boot with a dreaded Microsoft install disc. We also updated the bios with the latest version and this did not make a difference.
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Make sure, in the BIOS, that booting from the DVD is enabled. Also - you *have* booted from the dvd on another machine, right?
I *hate* Supermicro. As I mentioned the other day on another thread, we've stopped buying from Penguin, who are all Supermicro, and we have had a *ton* of problems. With the 48-core and 64-core servers, which you'd think would be top of the line, with the H8QG6 m/bs, we've had at least, um, 6 replaced out of under 30.
Thanks for the reply. yes, the bios for the DVD is activated, and in fact we have booted to a Microsoft OS with the same DVD, but have not been able to boot to a linux os; this has been a real surprise for us.
Ok. Next question: what *happens* when you try to boot? Do you get anywhere? Are there any errors showing up onscreen?
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