[CENTOS] Booting kernel for installation CD

Tue Oct 24 09:41:21 UTC 2006
termeau sebastien <termeau at gmail.com>

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.
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