server reboot loop

Thomas Beckett thomas.beckett at gmail.com
Wed Jan 17 13:38:59 UTC 2007


The fact that it affects multiple hardware  suggests a corrupt
download of the CD. check the md5 of the iso against the md5s from
where you downloaded the iso.

Tom

On 1/17/07, Frank Swasey <frank.swasey at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've attempted installing the 6.06.1 server CD on two pieces of real
> hardware and one virtual platform now and every time I complete the
> installation (get to the point it says everything is fine, remove CD and
> reboot), I get into a loop where the system POSTs, grub does its countdown,
> and then the kernel should boot -- but it displays 5 lines of text, blanks
> the screen and runs POST again.
>
> I have tried using the recovery kernel (same problem).  I've even used the
> memory test, left it running for 26 hours and no problems.
>
> Suggestions?
>
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