CentOS - Oct 2006 - Booting kernel for installation CD

Hello,

I want to install CentOS 4.4 on a Compaq Proliant DL 360.
The installation fails just after booting on the first CD.
Linux tries to autodetect hardware and fails with the CDROM.
Here is the error message:
##########################
hdc: CD-224E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
Using cfq io scheduler
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdc: lost interrupt
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdc: lost interrupt
CDROM 24x ....
ide-cd: cmd 0x25 timed out
##########################
I can install a RHEL4 ES on the same server whitout problem.

I noticed that CentOS and RHEL use 2 different kernels to boot the 1st CD
(in isolinux folder).
So I tried to replace the CentOS kernel with the one I found on RHEL CD.
And it works, the kernel boots, but my CentOS CD is not recognize anymore as
a CentOS CD.

Why CentOS didn't recognize my CDROM?
What should I modify in order to install CentOS using the RHEL kernel?

Thanks

-- 
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On 23/10/06, termeau sebastien <termeau at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I want to install CentOS 4.4 on a Compaq Proliant DL 360.
> The installation fails just after booting on the first CD.
> Linux tries to autodetect hardware and fails with the CDROM.
> Here is the error message:
> ##########################
> hdc: CD-224E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> Using cfq io scheduler
> ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
> hdc: lost interrupt
> ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
> hdc: lost interrupt
> CDROM 24x ....
> ide-cd: cmd 0x25 timed out
> ##########################
> I can install a RHEL4 ES on the same server whitout problem.
>
> I noticed that CentOS and RHEL use 2 different kernels to boot the 1st CD
> (in isolinux folder).
> So I tried to replace the CentOS kernel with the one I found on RHEL CD.
> And it works, the kernel boots, but my CentOS CD is not recognize anymore
as
> a CentOS CD.
>
> Why CentOS didn't recognize my CDROM?
> What should I modify in order to install CentOS using the RHEL kernel?
Is your RHEL install CD the same version as that of your CentOS
install media? i.e. you're installing CentOS 4.4, is your RHEL media
RHEL 4 Update 4?

If not, you could always download the install media for the equivalent
CentOS release, install that then update to 4.4 via Yum.

Will.