Hello,
I'm trying to setup a CentOS-4.3 kickstart. When vmlinuz is loading, a message appears "Boot failed: please change disks and press a key to continue."
I am kickstarting via a USB flash drive. From the i386 ISO image #1, I am using vmlinuz from the isolinux directory. I have grabbed the vmlinuz file from a couple different mirrors just in case the one I had originally was corrupt.
My CentOS-4.2 kickstart works without any issues and I modeled my 4.3 kickstart after 4.2.
Any ideas on what could be causing the boot failed problem?
Thank you.
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On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 13:06 -0500, Rebecca Hepper wrote:
Hello,
I'm trying to setup a CentOS-4.3 kickstart. When vmlinuz is loading, a message appears "Boot failed: please change disks and press a key to continue."
I am kickstarting via a USB flash drive. From the i386 ISO image #1, I am using vmlinuz from the isolinux directory. I have grabbed the vmlinuz file from a couple different mirrors just in case the one I had originally was corrupt.
My CentOS-4.2 kickstart works without any issues and I modeled my 4.3 kickstart after 4.2.
Any ideas on what could be causing the boot failed problem?
Thank you.
Is this on an i586 (instead of an i686) machine?
This is on a pentium 4 system with a 945 chipset and a Pentium D 820 processor.
From: Johnny Hughes mailing-lists@hughesjr.com Reply-To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org To: CentOS ML centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS-4.3 Kickstart 'Boot Failed' Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 18:32:01 -0500
On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 13:06 -0500, Rebecca Hepper wrote:
Hello,
I'm trying to setup a CentOS-4.3 kickstart. When vmlinuz is loading, a message appears "Boot failed: please change disks and press a key to continue."
I am kickstarting via a USB flash drive. From the i386 ISO image #1, I
am
using vmlinuz from the isolinux directory. I have grabbed the vmlinuz
file
from a couple different mirrors just in case the one I had originally
was
corrupt.
My CentOS-4.2 kickstart works without any issues and I modeled my 4.3 kickstart after 4.2.
Any ideas on what could be causing the boot failed problem?
Thank you.
Is this on an i586 (instead of an i686) machine?
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On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 06:35 -0500, Rebecca Hepper wrote:
This is on a pentium 4 system with a 945 chipset and a Pentium D 820 processor.
That should work ... there is an image in the /images directory that is made specifically to copy to a flash drive called diskboot.img ... also, I sometimes use the /images/pxeboot/ vmlinux and initrd.img
From: Johnny Hughes mailing-lists@hughesjr.com Reply-To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org To: CentOS ML centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS-4.3 Kickstart 'Boot Failed' Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 18:32:01 -0500
On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 13:06 -0500, Rebecca Hepper wrote:
Hello,
I'm trying to setup a CentOS-4.3 kickstart. When vmlinuz is loading, a message appears "Boot failed: please change disks and press a key to continue."
I am kickstarting via a USB flash drive. From the i386 ISO image #1, I
am
using vmlinuz from the isolinux directory. I have grabbed the vmlinuz
file
from a couple different mirrors just in case the one I had originally
was
corrupt.
My CentOS-4.2 kickstart works without any issues and I modeled my 4.3 kickstart after 4.2.
Any ideas on what could be causing the boot failed problem?
Thank you.
Is this on an i586 (instead of an i686) machine?
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From: Johnny Hughes mailing-lists@hughesjr.com Reply-To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org To: CentOS ML centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS-4.3 Kickstart 'Boot Failed' Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 06:58:07 -0500
On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 06:35 -0500, Rebecca Hepper wrote:
This is on a pentium 4 system with a 945 chipset and a Pentium D 820 processor.
That should work ... there is an image in the /images directory that is made specifically to copy to a flash drive called diskboot.img ... also, I sometimes use the /images/pxeboot/ vmlinux and initrd.img
I tried using the vmlinuz and initrd.img from the /images/pxeboot directory and still received the 'boot failed' message. I also tried using diskboot.img with the same results.
If I replace the 4.3 vmlinuz with the 4.2 vmlinuz and keep all the other 4.3 files, I do not get a 'boot failed' message. My vmlinuz gets loaded as well as the initrd.img then I fail for not finding the ks.cfg file (this shouldn't be a problem to fix). Is there any danger in using the 4.2 vmlinuz for a 4.3 kickstart?
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On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 08:55 -0500, Rebecca Hepper wrote:
From: Johnny Hughes mailing-lists@hughesjr.com Reply-To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org To: CentOS ML centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS-4.3 Kickstart 'Boot Failed' Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 06:58:07 -0500
On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 06:35 -0500, Rebecca Hepper wrote:
This is on a pentium 4 system with a 945 chipset and a Pentium D 820 processor.
That should work ... there is an image in the /images directory that is made specifically to copy to a flash drive called diskboot.img ... also, I sometimes use the /images/pxeboot/ vmlinux and initrd.img
I tried using the vmlinuz and initrd.img from the /images/pxeboot directory and still received the 'boot failed' message. I also tried using diskboot.img with the same results.
If I replace the 4.3 vmlinuz with the 4.2 vmlinuz and keep all the other 4.3 files, I do not get a 'boot failed' message. My vmlinuz gets loaded as well as the initrd.img then I fail for not finding the ks.cfg file (this shouldn't be a problem to fix). Is there any danger in using the 4.2 vmlinuz for a 4.3 kickstart?
Yes ... the timestamps won't matchup :(
must be a hardware issue .. you could try the i586 versions (though i686 should work). The 4.2 one is an i586 kernel.
(that would be initi586.img and vmlzi586 )
Thanks, Johnny Hughes
From: Johnny Hughes mailing-lists@hughesjr.com Reply-To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org To: CentOS ML centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS-4.3 Kickstart 'Boot Failed' Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 09:15:56 -0500
On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 08:55 -0500, Rebecca Hepper wrote:
From: Johnny Hughes mailing-lists@hughesjr.com Reply-To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org To: CentOS ML centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS-4.3 Kickstart 'Boot Failed' Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 06:58:07 -0500
On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 06:35 -0500, Rebecca Hepper wrote:
This is on a pentium 4 system with a 945 chipset and a Pentium D 820 processor.
That should work ... there is an image in the /images directory that is made specifically to copy to a flash drive called diskboot.img ... also, I sometimes use the /images/pxeboot/ vmlinux and initrd.img
I tried using the vmlinuz and initrd.img from the /images/pxeboot
directory
and still received the 'boot failed' message. I also tried using diskboot.img with the same results.
If I replace the 4.3 vmlinuz with the 4.2 vmlinuz and keep all the other
4.3
files, I do not get a 'boot failed' message. My vmlinuz gets loaded as
well
as the initrd.img then I fail for not finding the ks.cfg file (this shouldn't be a problem to fix). Is there any danger in using the 4.2 vmlinuz for a 4.3 kickstart?
Yes ... the timestamps won't matchup :(
must be a hardware issue .. you could try the i586 versions (though i686 should work). The 4.2 one is an i586 kernel.
(that would be initi586.img and vmlzi586 )
Thanks, Johnny Hughes
Yes, the i586 versions work great for me! Thank you for all the help - it is much appreciated!
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