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Re: [suse-amd64] Problem installing 8.2 beta 9 on IBM e325
  • From: Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 18:57:03 +0000 (UTC)
  • Message-id: <u83cf3rw5k.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Jean-Christophe Basaille <Jean-Christophe.Basaille@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi,
>
> we recently got an Ibm eserver 325 with two Amd 242 and 2 GB ram
> (4x512MB in recommended slots according to the documentation)
> for testing purposes, and tried to install 8.2 beta 9.
>
> We face the same problem that was exposed on the list some time
> ago (Aug 1st) :
>
> After having read the 1st CD, the system tries to reboot, before
> reading other CDs.

This is normal.

> But the machine never goes so far. We end with an empty screen just
> after 'Loading linux.............' (lilo display).

And then it uses the SMP kernel and seems to fail.

> We tried too with failsafe, and end with the same message :
>
> Starting kswapd
> bigpage subsystem: allocated 0 bigpages (=0MB)
>
> Same thing with grub.
>
> Does anybody encountered the same problem, or have an idea
> about what is going on ?

No, not directly.

You could try to use the rescue system to install the latest kernel
From ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86-64/supplementary/Kernel and see whether
installation continues after that,

Andreas
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