Cannot install CentOS 6.5 using UEFI usb boot

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Published on 2013-12-11T23:55:18Z Indexed on 2014/05/28 9:38 UTC
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I am trying to dual-boot CentOS 6.5 on my desktop that is currently running Windows 8.1. I have two storage devices: an SSD that has my Windows installation, and an HDD that has all of my data. Both are formatted using GPT, and Windows boots using UEFI.

I used the CentOS 6.5 live DVD (CentOS-6.5-x86_64-LiveDVD.iso) to create an EFI-bootable flash drive (it does boot properly in EFI mode). I receive an error, however, when CentOS is booting (error is below). I have a 6.4 boot DVD which boots as expected, but it does not boot in UEFI mode and therefore doesn't play nicely with my Windows installation (I have no way to access it, even using rEFInd or any other similar tools). What do I need to do to get the device to boot properly in UEFI mode?

Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 #1
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff815271fa>] ? panic+0xa7/0x16f
 [<ffffffff81077622>] ? do_exit+0x862/0x870
 [<ffffffff8118a865>] ? fput+0x25/0x30
 [<ffffffff81077688>] ? do_group_exit+0x58/0xd0
 [<ffffffff81077717>] ? sys_exit_group+0x17/0x20
 [<ffffffff8100b072>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
drm_kms_helper: panic occurred, switching back to text console

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