[CentOS] 6.2 install fails on HP 6200pro (Intel Q65X chipset).

Bryan Hodgson hodgson at cse.lehigh.edu
Mon Jan 16 21:04:36 UTC 2012


On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 02:43:40PM -0500, Mail Lists wrote:
> On 01/15/2012 01:32 PM, Bryan Hodgson wrote:
> > CentOS 5.6 x64 installs successfully on HP 6200pro SFF box with
> > Intel Q65X Express chipset (including HD graphics), Core i5 and
> > added NVS300 graphics card.  Actually, it works great.  HP lists
> > "RedHat Enterprise x64" as a supported OS.  The 6200pro is a
> > "business desktop" that became available in early summer 2011.
> >
> > CentOS 6.2 x64 install halts during initial boot, with boot
> > messages stopping at "Detecting hardware".
> >
> > I'm clueless on this one.  Suggestions appreciated.  Does anyone
> > have CentOS running on this hardware or this chipset?
> >
> >
> > Bryan Hodgson
> > Lehigh University
> >
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> 
>    Try passing acpi=off to the installer. I have had that issue before 
> also..
> 

<sheepish grin> The netinstall CD works, no problem.

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Bryan Hodgson
Lehigh University



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