@george1421 I will work on making the FOS usb boot drive. Will post when done.

@george1421 any update on a new kernel to be able to try out? Just checking in.

@george1421 I am more than willing to test any kernel that you have for me to try. If you need to build several to test different configurations I can work with that as well. It does not take much time to be able to switch between kernels with the USB drive. I have a CentOS on the system and can map my share to be able to just grab and add the kernels as needed.

@george1421 Yes I do

@george1421 Thank you all for your continued support in trying to figure out why this is not working. I appreciate all the work and time you have put into this for me and I have learned a lot so far about how this all works.

@george1421 This kernel is hanging at the same place as the fos kernel.

@george1421 When I used the ubuntu kernel as the bzImage it started to boot but I get a kernel panic. That is a good sign though.

@george1421 I am in the process of getting setup to do the preboot stuff I will try getting the vmlinuz from ubuntu and try as a bzImage on the usb drive.

@george1421 were you able to look into the kernel configurations? I am trying to follow the instructions on building a custom kernel but not sure what the options are that I need to look at. Do you know how to get the .config file from the kernel build of Ubuntu 22.04.3 If I can do a compare between that and the .config file from fos then maybe I can find the difference that would help.

@george1421 It looks like Ubuntu 22.04.3 installer uses kernel 6.2.0 which I was able to boot using the live usb media.

@george1421 Here are the CPUs that I have in the system. Intel Xeon Platinum 8480+

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/231746/intel-xeon-platinum-8480-processor-105m-cache-2-00-ghz/specifications.html

Here are the results from the different kernels
5.15.98 = failed
5.15.93 = failed
5.15.68 = failed
5.10.50 = failed
4.19.145 = failed
4.19.101 = failed

They all get to the same point on the screen.