Hi, there,
Guy Boisvert wrote:
I just received a Supermicro server back from factory repair.Installed CentOS 6.3 x86_64 fresh from DVD (tried with 6.4, same result). Everything goes fine until i install Virtualization* yum groups. Virtualization is enabled in BIOS. Server boots, CentOS loads and i have even a login prompt. If i'm fast enough to enter login name and password, shell works for about 10 sec. Then, it seems to hang. Pressing CTRL-C seems to work as i see it on screen (CTRL-C text).
I'm used to Xen in CentOS 5 where we can choose a non-Xen kernel atboot time. With CentOS 6 and KVM, i'm kinda lost! I Googled a lot and
The "choose a kernel" is the grub menu, and unless you've disabled it, you can still do it. Try hitting any key as soon as you see the "about to boot ... in x sec"
I'd boot to single usermode (s at the end of the kernel line), and check the logs.
And I really, *REALLY* don't like Supermicro. We've got a large bunch of servers from Penguin, who's all Supermicro, and we've sent a ton back for repair, as well as doing things here, *and* several of those sent back were sent back more than once.
Luck.
mark