Hello, You were right. I was not using RHEL 4 Update 4 installation CD. Using the proper RedHat CD leads to the same problem (I cannot boot on the installation CD). I will try to ask RedHat for a solution. Thank you for your help 2006/10/23, Will McDonald <wmcdonald at gmail.com>: > > On 23/10/06, termeau sebastien <termeau at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I want to install CentOS 4.4 on a Compaq Proliant DL 360. > > The installation fails just after booting on the first CD. > > Linux tries to autodetect hardware and fails with the CDROM. > > Here is the error message: > > ########################## > > hdc: CD-224E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > > Using cfq io scheduler > > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > > ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out > > hdc: lost interrupt > > ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out > > hdc: lost interrupt > > CDROM 24x .... > > ide-cd: cmd 0x25 timed out > > ########################## > > I can install a RHEL4 ES on the same server whitout problem. > > > > I noticed that CentOS and RHEL use 2 different kernels to boot the 1st > CD > > (in isolinux folder). > > So I tried to replace the CentOS kernel with the one I found on RHEL CD. > > And it works, the kernel boots, but my CentOS CD is not recognize > anymore as > > a CentOS CD. > > > > Why CentOS didn't recognize my CDROM? > > What should I modify in order to install CentOS using the RHEL kernel? > > Is your RHEL install CD the same version as that of your CentOS > install media? i.e. you're installing CentOS 4.4, is your RHEL media > RHEL 4 Update 4? > > If not, you could always download the install media for the equivalent > CentOS release, install that then update to 4.4 via Yum. > > Will. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Virtue is its own punishment. - Aneurin Bevan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20061024/bef42eae/attachment-0004.html>