I can load Centos 4.4 fine, but 5 won't even begin to load, it can't even read the kernel from the CD. I got another cheaper laptop, and that one loads fine with Centos 5, the same DVD I try in the Pro-star laptop. What would cause that? I've never seen it before. I'm trying to load DVD x86 32bit DVD. Thanks.
On Sat, April 21, 2007 4:09 pm, Paul wrote:
I can load Centos 4.4 fine, but 5 won't even begin to load, it can't even read the kernel from the CD. I got another cheaper laptop, and that one loads fine with Centos 5, the same DVD I try in the Pro-star laptop. What would cause that? I've never seen it before. I'm trying to load DVD x86 32bit DVD. Thanks.
This is what it says. I get the usual first screen with F1-Main, etc, and when I hit enter to "boot:", it reads back this error: "Could not find kernel image: linux" How can this be??? It can read the Centos 4.4 image, but not the 5???
On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:09:48 -0400 (EDT) "Paul" unix@bikesn4x4s.com wrote:
I can load Centos 4.4 fine, but 5 won't even begin to load, it can't even read the kernel from the CD. I got another cheaper laptop, and that one loads fine with Centos 5, the same DVD I try in the Pro-star laptop. What would cause that? I've never seen it before. I'm trying to load DVD x86 32bit DVD. Thanks.
You haven't mentioned what kind of hardware, CPU & video card... but it could be that your laptop is a Via chipset or a 586... which are not currently supported by CentOS5.
You also have not mentioned at what point it crashes.
Can it start with linux text?
On Sat, April 21, 2007 4:38 pm, centos@911networks.com wrote:
On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:09:48 -0400 (EDT) "Paul" unix@bikesn4x4s.com wrote:
I can load Centos 4.4 fine, but 5 won't even begin to load, it can't even read the kernel from the CD. I got another cheaper laptop, and that one loads fine with Centos 5, the same DVD I try in the Pro-star laptop. What would cause that? I've never seen it before. I'm trying to load DVD x86 32bit DVD. Thanks.
You haven't mentioned what kind of hardware, CPU & video card... but it could be that your laptop is a Via chipset or a 586... which are not currently supported by CentOS5.
Detailed specs: http://pro-star.com/index.cfm?mainpage=spec&model=8854
You also have not mentioned at what point it crashes.
It crashes at the very first step. Well, not really crashes, it gives me an error. At the very first screen it that the CD boots up on, with the f1, f2, f3, f4, f5 selections, then it defaults to "boot:" prompt. And I usually just hit enter to boot up on the CD for installation. When I hit enter to boot, or times out to boot automatically, it gives the error: "Could not find kernel image: linux"
Paul wrote:
On Sat, April 21, 2007 4:38 pm, centos@911networks.com wrote:
On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:09:48 -0400 (EDT) "Paul" unix@bikesn4x4s.com wrote:
I can load Centos 4.4 fine, but 5 won't even begin to load, it can't even read the kernel from the CD. I got another cheaper laptop, and that one loads fine with Centos 5, the same DVD I try in the Pro-star laptop. What would cause that? I've never seen it before. I'm trying to load DVD x86 32bit DVD. Thanks.
You haven't mentioned what kind of hardware, CPU & video card... but it could be that your laptop is a Via chipset or a 586... which are not currently supported by CentOS5.
Detailed specs: http://pro-star.com/index.cfm?mainpage=spec&model=8854
You also have not mentioned at what point it crashes.
It crashes at the very first step. Well, not really crashes, it gives me an error. At the very first screen it that the CD boots up on, with the f1, f2, f3, f4, f5 selections, then it defaults to "boot:" prompt. And I usually just hit enter to boot up on the CD for installation. When I hit enter to boot, or times out to boot automatically, it gives the error: "Could not find kernel image: linux"
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
I would start by burning a new CD or DVD at a reduced speed.
On Sat, April 21, 2007 10:06 pm, Robert wrote:
Paul wrote:
On Sat, April 21, 2007 4:38 pm, centos@911networks.com wrote:
On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:09:48 -0400 (EDT) "Paul" unix@bikesn4x4s.com wrote:
I can load Centos 4.4 fine, but 5 won't even begin to load, it can't even read the kernel from the CD. I got another cheaper laptop, and that one loads fine with Centos 5, the same DVD I try in the Pro-star laptop. What would cause that? I've never seen it before. I'm trying to load DVD x86 32bit DVD. Thanks.
You haven't mentioned what kind of hardware, CPU & video card... but it could be that your laptop is a Via chipset or a 586... which are not currently supported by CentOS5.
Detailed specs: http://pro-star.com/index.cfm?mainpage=spec&model=8854
You also have not mentioned at what point it crashes.
It crashes at the very first step. Well, not really crashes, it gives me an error. At the very first screen it that the CD boots up on, with the f1, f2, f3, f4, f5 selections, then it defaults to "boot:" prompt. And I usually just hit enter to boot up on the CD for installation. When I hit enter to boot, or times out to boot automatically, it gives the error: "Could not find kernel image: linux"
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
I would start by burning a new CD or DVD at a reduced speed.
With the same DVD, I can load it fine on a different laptop just fine. For the heck of it, I burned a DVD+R besides the DVD-R, and same thing.
On Sun, April 22, 2007 12:13 am, Paul wrote:
On Sat, April 21, 2007 10:06 pm, Robert wrote:
Paul wrote:
On Sat, April 21, 2007 4:38 pm, centos@911networks.com wrote:
On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:09:48 -0400 (EDT) "Paul" unix@bikesn4x4s.com wrote:
I can load Centos 4.4 fine, but 5 won't even begin to load, it can't even read the kernel from the CD. I got another cheaper laptop, and that one loads fine with Centos 5, the same DVD I try in the Pro-star laptop. What would cause that? I've never seen it before. I'm trying to load DVD x86 32bit DVD. Thanks.
You haven't mentioned what kind of hardware, CPU & video card... but it could be that your laptop is a Via chipset or a 586... which are not currently supported by CentOS5.
Detailed specs: http://pro-star.com/index.cfm?mainpage=spec&model=8854
You also have not mentioned at what point it crashes.
It crashes at the very first step. Well, not really crashes, it gives me an error. At the very first screen it that the CD boots up on, with the f1, f2, f3, f4, f5 selections, then it defaults to "boot:" prompt. And I usually just hit enter to boot up on the CD for installation. When I hit enter to boot, or times out to boot automatically, it gives the error: "Could not find kernel image: linux"
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
I would start by burning a new CD or DVD at a reduced speed.
With the same DVD, I can load it fine on a different laptop just fine. For the heck of it, I burned a DVD+R besides the DVD-R, and same thing.
I guess that was a useless excersise, cause the Centos 4.4 that loads fine is the same type of DVD. But I'm just shooting blind now. ;->
On Sun, April 22, 2007 12:15 am, Paul wrote:
On Sun, April 22, 2007 12:13 am, Paul wrote:
On Sat, April 21, 2007 10:06 pm, Robert wrote:
Paul wrote:
On Sat, April 21, 2007 4:38 pm, centos@911networks.com wrote:
On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:09:48 -0400 (EDT) "Paul" unix@bikesn4x4s.com wrote:
I can load Centos 4.4 fine, but 5 won't even begin to load, it can't even read the kernel from the CD. I got another cheaper laptop, and that one loads fine with Centos 5, the same DVD I try in the Pro-star laptop. What would cause that? I've never seen it before. I'm trying to load DVD x86 32bit DVD. Thanks.
You haven't mentioned what kind of hardware, CPU & video card... but it could be that your laptop is a Via chipset or a 586... which are not currently supported by CentOS5.
Detailed specs: http://pro-star.com/index.cfm?mainpage=spec&model=8854
You also have not mentioned at what point it crashes.
It crashes at the very first step. Well, not really crashes, it gives me an error. At the very first screen it that the CD boots up on, with the f1, f2, f3, f4, f5 selections, then it defaults to "boot:" prompt. And I usually just hit enter to boot up on the CD for installation. When I hit enter to boot, or times out to boot automatically, it gives the error: "Could not find kernel image: linux"
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
I would start by burning a new CD or DVD at a reduced speed.
With the same DVD, I can load it fine on a different laptop just fine. For the heck of it, I burned a DVD+R besides the DVD-R, and same thing.
I guess that was a useless excersise, cause the Centos 4.4 that loads fine is the same type of DVD. But I'm just shooting blind now. ;->
I also just tried a CD and same thing.
Paul wrote:
On Sun, April 22, 2007 12:13 am, Paul wrote:
On Sat, April 21, 2007 10:06 pm, Robert wrote:
Paul wrote:
On Sat, April 21, 2007 4:38 pm, centos@911networks.com wrote:
On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:09:48 -0400 (EDT) "Paul" unix@bikesn4x4s.com wrote:
I can load Centos 4.4 fine, but 5 won't even begin to load, it can't even read the kernel from the CD. I got another cheaper laptop, and that one loads fine with Centos 5, the same DVD I try in the Pro-star laptop. What would cause that? I've never seen it before. I'm trying to load DVD x86 32bit DVD. Thanks.
You haven't mentioned what kind of hardware, CPU & video card... but it could be that your laptop is a Via chipset or a 586... which are not currently supported by CentOS5.
Detailed specs: http://pro-star.com/index.cfm?mainpage=spec&model=8854
You also have not mentioned at what point it crashes.
It crashes at the very first step. Well, not really crashes, it gives me an error. At the very first screen it that the CD boots up on, with the f1, f2, f3, f4, f5 selections, then it defaults to "boot:" prompt. And I usually just hit enter to boot up on the CD for installation. When I hit enter to boot, or times out to boot automatically, it gives the error: "Could not find kernel image: linux"
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
I would start by burning a new CD or DVD at a reduced speed.
With the same DVD, I can load it fine on a different laptop just fine. For the heck of it, I burned a DVD+R besides the DVD-R, and same thing.
I guess that was a useless excersise, cause the Centos 4.4 that loads fine is the same type of DVD. But I'm just shooting blind now. ;->
This old man learned a long time ago to not characterize anything as a useLESS exercise until the useFUL exercise had been identified and proved. Did you burn the new DVD at a reduced speed? What hardware and software did you use to burn the new DVD?
Paul wrote:
On Sun, April 22, 2007 12:13 am, Paul wrote:
On Sat, April 21, 2007 10:06 pm, Robert wrote:
Paul wrote:
On Sat, April 21, 2007 4:38 pm, centos@911networks.com wrote:
On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:09:48 -0400 (EDT) "Paul" unix@bikesn4x4s.com wrote:
I can load Centos 4.4 fine, but 5 won't even begin to load, it can't even read the kernel from the CD. I got another cheaper laptop, and that one loads fine with Centos 5, the same DVD I try in the Pro-star laptop. What would cause that? I've never seen it before. I'm trying to load DVD x86 32bit DVD. Thanks.
You haven't mentioned what kind of hardware, CPU & video card... but it could be that your laptop is a Via chipset or a 586... which are not currently supported by CentOS5.
Detailed specs: http://pro-star.com/index.cfm?mainpage=spec&model=8854
You also have not mentioned at what point it crashes.
It crashes at the very first step. Well, not really crashes, it gives me an error. At the very first screen it that the CD boots up on, with the f1, f2, f3, f4, f5 selections, then it defaults to "boot:" prompt. And I usually just hit enter to boot up on the CD for installation. When I hit enter to boot, or times out to boot automatically, it gives the error: "Could not find kernel image: linux"
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
I would start by burning a new CD or DVD at a reduced speed.
With the same DVD, I can load it fine on a different laptop just fine. For the heck of it, I burned a DVD+R besides the DVD-R, and same thing.
I guess that was a useless excersise, cause the Centos 4.4 that loads fine is the same type of DVD. But I'm just shooting blind now. ;->
1. Does the boot.iso image boot? 2. Does your laptop support pxe?
Either way, with a minimal LAN, you can set up a network install and do use http (maybe off the Internet) or nfs.
John Summerfield wrote:
I guess that was a useless excersise, cause the Centos 4.4 that loads fine is the same type of DVD. But I'm just shooting blind now. ;->
- Does the boot.iso image boot?
- Does your laptop support pxe?
Either way, with a minimal LAN, you can set up a network install and do use http (maybe off the Internet) or nfs.
Can you boot off USB? I think there's a USB image available too, and that _might_ allow you to install from the DVD.
On Sun, April 22, 2007 6:58 pm, John Summerfield wrote:
John Summerfield wrote:
I guess that was a useless excersise, cause the Centos 4.4 that loads fine is the same type of DVD. But I'm just shooting blind now. ;->
- Does the boot.iso image boot?
- Does your laptop support pxe?
Either way, with a minimal LAN, you can set up a network install and do use http (maybe off the Internet) or nfs.
Can you boot off USB? I think there's a USB image available too, and that _might_ allow you to install from the DVD.
I don't have anything that is usb to boot off of, except a usb 18 in 1 card reader that I can't get to work with Cento 4.4 which is loaded now. I also tried the slowest burn and nothing still, but the same Centos 5 DVD loads fine on another laptop I have, but not this one. The Centos 4.4 DVD loaded fine and that is what I am on. This lap top is not that old. It's a 2.4Ghz Pent 4 with 1 gig ram from 2003, which is faster than allot sold now. Very strange, I just don't understand it. Just for kicks, I burned a CD and tried to boot up on 1 of 6 Cento 5 on CD, and still, same thing.
On Sat, April 21, 2007 4:09 pm, Paul wrote:
I can load Centos 4.4 fine, but 5 won't even begin to load, it can't even read the kernel from the CD. I got another cheaper laptop, and that one loads fine with Centos 5, the same DVD I try in the Pro-star laptop. What would cause that? I've never seen it before. I'm trying to load DVD x86 32bit DVD. Thanks.
I ran into this problem extensively with FC6 which RHEL5/CentOS5 is equivalent to for the most part.
When you get to the "boot" prompt type some random characters and hit enter. For example type "kjsdflkjsalkfjsalkdjf" and press enter. It will give you an error. Then type "linux" and press enter or just press enter. It should work just fine now. I don't know what causes it but I read in on fedoraforums.org some time ago and no one had an answer.
The guy who found the solution actually typed in some nice words and pressed enter because he was pissed. Then hit enter again and it worked.
Let me know if this worked becuase I am sure others will run into the same problem if it is what I think it is.
On Sat, April 21, 2007 8:08 pm, Matt Martz wrote:
On Sat, April 21, 2007 4:09 pm, Paul wrote:
I can load Centos 4.4 fine, but 5 won't even begin to load, it can't even read the kernel from the CD. I got another cheaper laptop, and that one loads fine with Centos 5, the same DVD I try in the Pro-star laptop. What would cause that? I've never seen it before. I'm trying to load DVD x86 32bit DVD. Thanks.
I ran into this problem extensively with FC6 which RHEL5/CentOS5 is equivalent to for the most part.
When you get to the "boot" prompt type some random characters and hit enter. For example type "kjsdflkjsalkfjsalkdjf" and press enter. It will give you an error. Then type "linux" and press enter or just press enter. It should work just fine now. I don't know what causes it but I read in on fedoraforums.org some time ago and no one had an answer.
The guy who found the solution actually typed in some nice words and pressed enter because he was pissed. Then hit enter again and it worked.
Let me know if this worked becuase I am sure others will run into the same problem if it is what I think it is.
It didn't work. ;(
did you try passing noapic to the kernel when yous tarted the install?
Paul wrote:
On Sat, April 21, 2007 8:08 pm, Matt Martz wrote:
On Sat, April 21, 2007 4:09 pm, Paul wrote:
I can load Centos 4.4 fine, but 5 won't even begin to load, it can't even read the kernel from the CD. I got another cheaper laptop, and that one loads fine with Centos 5, the same DVD I try in the Pro-star laptop. What would cause that? I've never seen it before. I'm trying to load DVD x86 32bit DVD. Thanks.
I ran into this problem extensively with FC6 which RHEL5/CentOS5 is equivalent to for the most part.
When you get to the "boot" prompt type some random characters and hit enter. For example type "kjsdflkjsalkfjsalkdjf" and press enter. It will give you an error. Then type "linux" and press enter or just press enter. It should work just fine now. I don't know what causes it but I read in on fedoraforums.org some time ago and no one had an answer.
The guy who found the solution actually typed in some nice words and pressed enter because he was pissed. Then hit enter again and it worked.
Let me know if this worked becuase I am sure others will run into the same problem if it is what I think it is.
It didn't work. ;(
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William Warren wrote:
did you try passing noapic to the kernel when yous tarted the install?
Paul wrote:
On Sat, April 21, 2007 8:08 pm, Matt Martz wrote:
On Sat, April 21, 2007 4:09 pm, Paul wrote:
I can load Centos 4.4 fine, but 5 won't even begin to load, it can't even read the kernel from the CD.
I don't think noapic or other kernel options are going to help here.
it very well might. APIC and noacpi have gotten me past this very issue on many machines with this symptom. If it doesn't work then Cent5 FC6 just isn't going to work. Try ubuntu 7.x and see if that works as well.
John Summerfield wrote:
William Warren wrote:
did you try passing noapic to the kernel when yous tarted the install?
Paul wrote:
On Sat, April 21, 2007 8:08 pm, Matt Martz wrote:
On Sat, April 21, 2007 4:09 pm, Paul wrote:
I can load Centos 4.4 fine, but 5 won't even begin to load, it can't even read the kernel from the CD.
I don't think noapic or other kernel options are going to help here.
On Sat, April 21, 2007 9:50 pm, Paul wrote:
On Sat, April 21, 2007 8:08 pm, Matt Martz wrote:
On Sat, April 21, 2007 4:09 pm, Paul wrote:
I can load Centos 4.4 fine, but 5 won't even begin to load, it can't even read the kernel from the CD. I got another cheaper laptop, and that one loads fine with Centos 5, the same DVD I try in the Pro-star laptop. What would cause that? I've never seen it before. I'm trying to load DVD x86 32bit DVD. Thanks.
I ran into this problem extensively with FC6 which RHEL5/CentOS5 is equivalent to for the most part.
When you get to the "boot" prompt type some random characters and hit enter. For example type "kjsdflkjsalkfjsalkdjf" and press enter. It will give you an error. Then type "linux" and press enter or just press enter. It should work just fine now. I don't know what causes it but I read in on fedoraforums.org some time ago and no one had an answer.
The guy who found the solution actually typed in some nice words and pressed enter because he was pissed. Then hit enter again and it worked.
Let me know if this worked becuase I am sure others will run into the same problem if it is what I think it is.
It didn't work. ;(
I think someone had a similar answer, but this one includes the whole path which did work:
"/isolinux/vmlinuz initrd=/isolinux/initrd.img" and hit Enter
http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=1861
Also, Centos 5 Rocks, it just works so well. :)
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