[CentOS] Can't load Centos 5 on laptop

[Paul]

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 at 911networks.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:09:48 -0400 (EDT)
>>>> "Paul" <unix at 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"
>>>
>>>
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>> 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.  ;->