[CentOS] Supermicro & Boot Failures with DVD Centos 6.2

[Gregory P. Ennis]

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
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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