You might try usb-handoff as a kernel option in grub or lilo -Jay Graham Johnston wrote: > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: centos-bounces at centos.org >>[mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Graham Johnston >>Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 6:49 PM >>To: CentOS mailing list >>Subject: RE: [CentOS] X330 Keyboard/box dies on install 4.0, >>not on 3.4 >> >> >> >> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: centos-bounces at centos.org >>>[mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Karl S. Katzke >>>Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 5:57 PM >>>To: centos at centos.org >>>Subject: [CentOS] X330 Keyboard/box dies on install 4.0, not on 3.4 >>> >>>I've got a handful of IBM X330's at my colo and another >> >>couple at the >> >>>office for testing purposes. Currently, they're running >>>CentOS 3.4 and >>>are very happy doing so. The 3.4 install was perfectly seamless. >>> >>>When I tried to upgrade one of my test machines to 4.0, the >> >>keyboard >> >>>died once I got into the install every single time once I boot to >>>anaconda from the CD. It dies as soon as the blue-background screen >>>appears, and it dies no matter which selection I choose at >> >>isolinux. >> >>>(I'm sure the system isn't locked because the keyboard is >>>dead while the >>>SCSI driver is loading, and the system keeps chugging along happily >>>until it needs input.) >>>The CD passes all of the tests I can apply to it, from >>>checksum to media >>>check, and has been used to install a half dozen machines >>>both before or >>>since. I also downloaded a new ISO from a different mirror >>>and reburnt >>>another one; it's most certainly the install package. The >> >>box itself >> >>>runs 3.4 quite happily. Note that x330s use IBM's cable-chaining >>>technology, which is great if you've got a tiny colo rack >>>with a lot of >>>servers in it like I do, since I don't have to have a KVM. >>> >>>So what changed in the install process? How can I get this >>>resolved well >>>enough to be able to use the CentOS 4 CDs? both the 3.4 and >>>4.0 install >>>I realize that I could reaim my repository and upgrade to 4 >>>via yum, but >>>that's a pain if I'm having to bring a whole box back up from >>>scratch... >>>not to mention a nice hit to my bandwidth bill at my colo. >>> >>>Suggestions? Ideas? >>> >>>Thanks in advance, >>>-Karl Katzke >> >>Karl, >> I am not sure that it is the x330. We also have half a dozen >>x330s and although I don't have centos 4 on all of them I am confident >>that we have successfully installed centos 4 at least three times on >>this server. We are also using the dvi like breakout cable, and it >>attaches to an HP cat5 kvm. >> >>Graham >> > > Karl, > Sorry I lied, I have installed centos 4 on x335s not x330s. > > Graham > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos