Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3959 mails)

[Jon Trygve Utne <jont@xxxxxxxxx>]

Didn't get any answers to this one, and since I had hoped I wouldn't have
to go back to 8.0, I try again...

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Hello all!

I'm trying to install SuSE 8.1 from scratch on a Siemens Primergy 400.
I've had SuSE 7.0, 7.1 and 8.0 on the same server  earlier, and have
_never_ encountered any problems.

Now, when I try a fresh install from CD, I get into a weird problem after
the first reboot (when the installation has loaded the software from
CD1), even if I just accept all the default settings that Yast2 suggests.

During boot, the following messages appear:


Loading module reiserfs ...
Using /lib/modules/2.4.19-64GB-SMP/kernel/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.o
Root-NFS: No NFS server available, giving up.
VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy.
VFS: Insert root floppy and press ENTER


I have no intention of using root nfs, but I guess the reason it tries to
do so anyway is because it can't access /dev/rd/c0d0p3 (which is /).

The system's got a Mylex DAC960 raid controller, and I'm reusing the
partitions from my "old" 8.0 installation.

The only other error message during boot is:

kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2

All other messages seem to be normal. It loads the md driver and the
DAC960 module. It can see the Seagate disk, /dev/rd/c0d0 (RAID-1) and the
partitions c0d0p1, c0d0p2 og c0d0p3.
The same error occurs regardless of which filesystem I use on the three
partitions.

I have found one other person with the same problem, but no solution:
http://spotlight.de/zforen/lia/m/lia-1036090651-17945.html

Does anyone know why this happens, and what I can do to solve this?
I can provide more info if necessary.

Many thanks in advance!!

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---J.T.U.