Michael Klinosky wrote: > Rob Kampen wrote: > >> I am running a 64 bit 5.3 kernel on an intel mb and all has been well. >> Today I thought it would be okay to reboot so that the latest kernel was >> running - i.e move from 128.2.1 to 128.4.1 release. >> The system passes POST fine, grub passes control to the 128.4.1 kernel >> and the boot process is under way. >> after some 30 secs the system starts beeping - continuously. >> After I hooked up a monitor I find that udev does not come up with OK >> and thats when the system starts the beep beep beep ...... >> No logs to see ...... >> using grub to select 128.2.1 boot fine >> Any ideas? >> > > I just upgraded the kernel also, and I'm having the same problem (except > that my screen goes blank). > > I noticed that Interactive mode allows the system to boot. > > So, I'm wondering how to revert to the penultimate kernel. I tried to > find info - all I got was > rpm -e kernel-oldversion > Would that make the system drop to the next-to-most-recent? > > I saw a few mentions of using grub - but I set the timeout to 0 (but I > don't use that screen, so I don't even see it now). If this method is a > permanent fix, should I set it so that it comes up on the next boot? > > [mykolas at sr1220 ~]$ uname -r > 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5 > [mykolas at sr1220 ~]$ rpm -q kernel > kernel-2.6.18-128.el5 > kernel-2.6.18-128.1.16.el5 > kernel-2.6.18-128.4.1.el5 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Michael, My screen goes blank too. It shows that it is starting udev but never comes up with the [OK] - just blanks the screen and beeps..... You may need to edit /boot/grub/grub.conf as root or via sudo and alter timeout or set default=1 or whatever number kernel you want - remember grub counts from 0. I haven't tried interactive - will do that tonight. HTH Rob -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: rkampen.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 121 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090821/c32efdf2/attachment-0005.vcf>