[CentOS] Old hardware, newer kernels

[Fred Smith]

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 03:15:06PM -0600, 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.

Do these processors support PAE? All EL kernels now require PAE.

> 
> Is this the end of this hardware, no more kernel updates after this?
> 
> For reference, these are all the options that kernel is booting up with
> (lines wrapped on purpose):
> 
> title CentOS (2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.i686)
>         root (hd0,0)
>         kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.i686 ro \
>            root=UUID=3f79e6b6-7845-499f-b708-aef782602673 rd_NO_LUKS
> rd_NO_LVM \
>            rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 \
>            KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us noapic apm=off ide=nodma acpi=off \
>            crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet selinux=0
>         initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.i686.img
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