CentOS 5 :: Kickstart Bootable USB Works On HP7700 But Hangs On HP8000
Jul 6, 2011
I developed a bootable Kickstart USB Stick earlier that works flawlessly on a HP7700 computer with a 750 GB drive but when I use the exact same USB Stick on a HP8000 computer with 2 - 2 TB drives, the systems hangs after loading initrd.img
I have searched with my friend Google high and low have been unable to find a solution. I have tried adding acpi=off and maxcpus=1 to the Append line in the syslinux.cfg without success.
As a workaround I created a bootable DVD which I then pointed to the USB Stick to load in the Kickstart configuration but would really prefer to use a single USB stick to perform this task.
Below I have pasted the output of the lshw commands for the HP7700 and HP8000 thinking there must be something in the hardware causing the problem.
what needs to change in the kickstart config to allow this new hardware to work with my bootable Kickstart USB Stick.
LSHW for HP7700 (the pc that works):
stc0025988
description: Low Profile Desktop Computer
product: HP Compaq dc7700 Small Form Factor
vendor: Hewlett-Packard
serial: CAC72905KD
width: 32 bits
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Apr 22, 2011
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Code:
install
text
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text
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