Attn PowerEdge users: 8.1 updates
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Disclaimer: use this information at your own risk. I can't help it if you
destroy your system while following any of these instructions. Neither can my
employer. So be careful.
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Howdy,
If, like me, you find that 8.1 will not boot on your Dell PowerEdge server,
when previous versions of SuSE _do_ boot, you should know the following:
The stock kernel shipped with 8.1 had a few remaining problems with the ACPI
code. You may find that even the failsafe kernel does not boot.
To boot with the normal kernel ("linux" not "failsafe") pass the kernel the
following option manually at boot time:
acpi=off
(you can also try acpi=oldboot)
Once you have booted, go into YaST and in the bootloadconfig, permanently add
that line to your boot options.
Then, I strongly recommend you update your kernel with the latest k_smp from
mantel:
ftp://
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JW