Kernel 279 runs fine with those options listed in my first e-mail. And it copies them over to any newer kernel. I'll have to tear the box open tomorrow to get details on it. It's a custom made white box, several years old, running dual Pentuim III processors. On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 3:39 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 3:22 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > >> Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > > >> > I have an old server (old hardware) that's been running 6.4 with > >> > kernel 2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.i686, no problem. Except, any kernel > >> > update after that causes it not to boot anymore. All I get is a > >> > blinking cursor on the screen, nothing else. > >> > > >> > Is this the end of this hardware, no more kernel updates after this? > >> > > >> I *think* I remember that i386 hardware's no longer going to be > >> supported, but I thought that was with a 3.x kernel. I could well be > wrong. > >> > >> Do you see the grub line on reboot? If so, delete rhgb and quiet (I hate > >> them, but they're ok for someone who has no clue...), and see what's > >> happening. > > > Thanks for the suggestion Mark. So, I can only read so fast, but a bunch > > of stuff flies by then it stops at the following: > > > > *Switching to clocksource tsc* > > > > And a good while later, this line pops up: > > > > *IPMI BT: timeout in WR_CONSUME [ B_BUSY H_BUSY OEM0 SMS B2H H2B ] 1 > > retries left* > > Um. Er. On boot, you might check a) the BIOS, and b) if there's any option > to go into the BMC (or whatever they call it), and poke around. > > You don't mention what hardware it is. Googling on IPMI BT: timeout in > WR_CONSUME, > I found > < > http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/servers/f/1466/t/19468209.aspx > > > and this > <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grub/2008-09/msg00014.html>, so I'd > look at grub options on the kernel line. > > mark > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >