Rob Kampen wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Never did get the 4.1 kernel to work but the 7.1 kernel works just fine ...... Go figure -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: rkampen.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 196 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090904/c9a88bdd/attachment-0004.vcf>