[CentOS] Can't load Centos 5 on laptop

[John Summerfield]

Paul wrote:
> 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.  ;->

1. Does the boot.iso image boot?
2. Does your laptop support pxe?

Either way, with a minimal LAN, you can set up a network install and do 
use http (maybe off the Internet) or nfs.




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