Hi folks:

We worked around an immediate hard kernel panic attempting to load SuSE 9.3 Pro on a small v20z unit using autoyast by the following method (note: this is not likely to be supported by SuSE, and they may actively discourage it)

1) download OpenSuSE-10 RC-1 2) copy the binary linux and initrd to your servers /tftpboot directory (where ever you serve your pxe from) 3) change your pxelinux.cfg/default (or similar file) to use this kernel and initrd rather than the ones you might be using now. I also set textmode=1 4) restart xinetd if you run tftpd through it (or simply restart your tftpd daemon) 5) boot and install

I am not sure why SuSE 9.3 Pro immediately kernel panics on a v20z boot. Not sure if it is worth fixing if this method works.

Joe