[CentOS] Supermicro & Boot Failures with DVD Centos 6.2

[Nicolas Thierry-Mieg]

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?