on 6-16-2008 7:38 AM Jerry Geis spake the following: > Hi all, > > I have been trying to get a usb stick 8G to boot centos. > I am as far a it boots and hangs at "Switching to new root". > > I take the same USB stick and put it another PC and it boots fine. > > What might I look for as to why the machine hangs at switching to new root? > > Of course the machines are different. The one that does not boot is an > ebox 2300sx and > the one that does boot is an amd 4800+ with all disks unplugged except > the USB stick. > > I am sooooo close. > > Jerry You might need to use a distro that still supports i486 like Debian or Slackware. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 258 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080616/6b4aaeed/attachment-0004.sig>