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" >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >>> >> 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. ;->