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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:///pub/people/mantel/next/RPM/
Don't forget to read the README.
Do not forget to run mk_initrd after upgrading your kernel!
And if you are using lilo, don't forget to run lilo again.
FOR RAID USERS: Now, if you are using RAID, you should know that GRUB (the new
default bootloader in SuSE 8.1) is incapable of booting a system when /boot
is inside a RAID drive (hardware or software).
I have been told that YaST is supposed to detect this situation and use lilo
instead of GRUB, however that did not work for me. So you will have to
install lilo manually, and use it, if you are using RAID.
Thanks to the SuSE techs & others for their helpful suggestions in
troubleshooting this problem.
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Jonathan Wilson
System Administrator
Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com
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