Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Gregory P. Ennis <PoMec at pomec.net> wrote: > >>>> Gregory P. Ennis wrote: >>>>> Eve.8ryone, >>>>> >>>>> I have had a SuperMicro machine running Centos 5.8 that had been >>>>> progressively updated with yum-cron from a 5.0 CD install. >>>>> >>>>> I upgraded the SuperMicro with more memory, switched out the CD with a >>>>> DVD and tried to boot to the Centos x64 6.2 dvd. My plan was to test >>>>> the memory before I added the hard drives, but I could not I could not >>>>> get the machine to boot from the disc. I also tried some Fedora >> <snip> >>> Ok. Next question: what *happens* when you try to boot? Do you get >>> anywhere? Are there any errors showing up onscreen? >>> >>> We get a one line descriptor at the top of the screen that starts out >> with >>> >>> ISOLINUX ....... >>> >>> Sorry, but I can not remember the full line. >>> >>> The system then hangs at this point, and after this is displayed it does >>> not appear that the DVD drive is accessed again. At least the light on >>> the DVD does not blink again. >>> >> If you can boot another server from this DVD, it suggests that there's a >> driver missing, though if this is an install disk, that's odd. Have you >> tried <ctrl><alt><f4> or f5? IIRC, those should show what goes into dmesg. >> >> mark >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Mark, >> >> I have installed 4 other machines with this same DVD disc. The only >> thing that is a little different is that we have not attached a hard >> disc drive to the SuperMicro yet, we were only at the point of testing >> the memory. >> >> Thanks for your advice about <ctrl><alt>F4 I will not be able to try >> this until I can get to the machine, prob 24 hrs. I'll let you know >> what happens. >> >> Greg, can you scare up a spare disk and attach it to test your theory? > > Cheers, > > Cliff > -------------------------------------------- > > Cliff, > > We did install a hard drive, but that did not result in success or solve > the problem. So far we have only been able to get it to boot usb stick. > > Greg it *is* a 64-bit cpu, right? did you try with 6.4 yet?