>From: Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com> >Reply-To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> >To: CentOS ML <centos at 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 at hughesjr.com> > > >Reply-To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > > >To: CentOS ML <centos at 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! _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/