Error when trying to install

[mcrd29]

I am a newbie so excuse the fact that this post may not be in the correct place. I am trying to install centos on two servers. The first a dell power edge p4 2.4 ghz 512 ram, the other is a supermicro with almost the exact specs. I tried to install the centos cd, using roxio to create the disk, (then just for measures tested the cd on my laptop and it loaded just fine into the centos install gui.) But it says media error when I try it on the dell and blue screens the other server. However if I put the windows cd in on both the servers, the windows install goes perfect. Apologies again if this is misplaces but I just joined the site and have had a difficult time trying to find where to post. What I am trying to do in the end is run web servers using apache. Thank you.

[Irithori]

Hi and welcome.

Sounds like both CD drives of the servers cannot read the burned CD.
I would create a new first CD, with a low write speed (4x) and verify set to on.
If the servers can boot this, then burn the other CDs the same way.

[mcrd29]

Thank you for the quick response. I will give that a shot and post back. I was just thrown off by the fact that the cd worked on my laptop.

[mcrd29]

Burned at a slower speed as you suggested. tested on my laptop again and the boot cd works but when I put it in the servers, this is what I get.

utility partition not available
amount of available memory is 256mb
no boot device available
pxe-e61 media test failure check cable


and on the other server it still says disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter, but when i put the windows xp cd it it works just fine. I am using DVDs to mention and I read somewhere that older machines may not recognize them?

[Irithori]

As you already mentioned:
Check if your servers have CD or DVD drives.
An yes, DVDs wont work in a CD drive.

But CD ISOs are available and apart from having some more work (7 CDs against one DVD, and changing them during the installation process), there is no difference, once CentOS is installed.

So, you could test with the first CD.
That should boot.

[mcrd29]

Well thats the last time I work on this stuff at 4 in the morning.... both servers only have cd drives. What a goof and not to mention a great way to start off on this site. Thanks for the help.

[Irithori]

At 4:00 am, anyone makes mistakes.
Get some sleep, then please come back if you have more questions