[opensuse] Can't boot with all the memory
Hi, I'm trying to install opensuse 11.2 on a machine running dual Opteron processors with 32GB (kfsn4-dre/sas) and the kernel hangs without any info after scanning disks. I can see that with other distros also, it can boot the installer and even complete installation with mem=4096M but the system won't boot without that. Any ideas of what can be the issue?. Regards, -- Ciro Iriarte http://cyruspy.wordpress.com -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
El 19/04/13 17:17, Ciro Iriarte escribió:
Hi, I'm trying to install opensuse 11.2
Isnt that a very old version ? on a machine running dual Opteron
processors with 32GB (kfsn4-dre/sas) and the kernel hangs without any info after scanning disks.
I can see that with other distros also, it can boot the installer and even complete installation with mem=4096M but the system won't boot without that. Any ideas of what can be the issue?.
Did you installed a 32-bit version ? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
El vie 19 abr 2013 17:30:15 CLST, Cristian Rodríguez escribió:
El 19/04/13 17:17, Ciro Iriarte escribió:
Hi, I'm trying to install opensuse 11.2
Isnt that a very old version ?
on a machine running dual Opteron
processors with 32GB (kfsn4-dre/sas) and the kernel hangs without any info after scanning disks.
I can see that with other distros also, it can boot the installer and even complete installation with mem=4096M but the system won't boot without that. Any ideas of what can be the issue?.
Did you installed a 32-bit version ?
In short, install a 64 bit version of openSUSE 12.3 and if that does not work, then we will be able to help you. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2013-04-19 16:17 (GMT-0400) Ciro Iriarte composed:
Hi, I'm trying to install opensuse 11.2 on a machine running dual Opteron
Why such an old and unsupported version?
processors with 32GB (kfsn4-dre/sas) and the kernel hangs without any info after scanning disks.
I can see that with other distros also, it can boot the installer and even complete installation with mem=4096M but the system won't boot without that. Any ideas of what can be the issue?.
Likely if you used 32 bit 11.2 the wrong kernel was installed for a system with so much RAM. Older 32 bit kernels did not by default support more than 4G. You probably need "pae" kernel. 64 bit doesn't have this issue. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
-----Original Message----- From: Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> To: opensuse@opensuse.org Subject: Re: [opensuse] Can't boot with all the memory Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:37:13 -0400 On 2013-04-19 16:17 (GMT-0400) Ciro Iriarte composed:
Hi, I'm trying to install opensuse 11.2 on a machine running dual Opteron
Why such an old and unsupported version?
processors with 32GB (kfsn4-dre/sas) and the kernel hangs without any info after scanning disks.
I can see that with other distros also, it can boot the installer and even complete installation with mem=4096M but the system won't boot without that. Any ideas of what can be the issue?.
Likely if you used 32 bit 11.2 the wrong kernel was installed for a system with so much RAM. Older 32 bit kernels did not by default support more than 4G. You probably need "pae" kernel. 64 bit doesn't have this issue. -----Original Message----- No, it is probably something else. Back in the days of 10.1 (yes quite some weeks ago) you already had the option to use PAE, giving 32-bit machines an additional 4 addressing bits. Or is PAE disabled in current 32-bit builds? I have to admit, it's a long time ago that i used it.... Suggestion might be, to try a live 32-bit and a live 64-bit cdrom Other suggestion, let memtest run for 24 hours.. hw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
2013/4/19 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>:
On 2013-04-19 16:17 (GMT-0400) Ciro Iriarte composed:
Hi, I'm trying to install opensuse 11.2 on a machine running dual Opteron
Why such an old and unsupported version?
processors with 32GB (kfsn4-dre/sas) and the kernel hangs without any info after scanning disks.
I can see that with other distros also, it can boot the installer and even complete installation with mem=4096M but the system won't boot without that. Any ideas of what can be the issue?.
Likely if you used 32 bit 11.2 the wrong kernel was installed for a system with so much RAM. Older 32 bit kernels did not by default support more than 4G. You probably need "pae" kernel. 64 bit doesn't have this issue. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation)
Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks!
Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
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Well, opensuse 11.2 was the only OS burned DVD at hand... A coworker tried some ubuntu version, and I tested also SLES11SP2 (3 different tests), all of them were 64 bit distros... I was thinking about NUMA issues for example... I'll give it a shot with 12.3 and report back if there are no other suggestions. Regards, -- Ciro Iriarte http://cyruspy.wordpress.com -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
[20.04.2013 00:43] [Ciro Iriarte]:
Well, opensuse 11.2 was the only OS burned DVD at hand... A coworker tried some ubuntu version, and I tested also SLES11SP2 (3 different tests), all of them were 64 bit distros...
SLES 11 SP2 runs here (office) with 64 GB of RAM, I don't think that it wouldn't run with 32 GB ;-). The original install was SLES 11, the box was upgraded to 11SP1 half a year later and 11SP2 when this was out. Any chance that one memory bar might be broken? Did you run memtest+ for some days? Regards, Werner -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 20/04/13 06:17, Ciro Iriarte wrote:
Hi, I'm trying to install opensuse 11.2 on a machine running dual Opteron processors with 32GB (kfsn4-dre/sas) and the kernel hangs without any info after scanning disks.
"The kernel hangs.....after scanning disks." What are those discs - how many, which brand, have they been formatted (and in which file system). And how exactly does the kernel "hang"? You are able to boot the 11.2 installation DVD/CD right? but then the kernel "hangs"? By this do yo mean that the whole process just stops and goes nowhere? What video card do you have installed - is it a nVidia card?
I can see that with other distros also, it can boot the installer and even complete installation
To me this is suggesting the normal problem with the video card which has plagued oS for ever and a day when you have tried to install 11.2 :-( .
with mem=4096M but the system won't boot without that.
Sorry, but "Won't boot without" *what* exactly? You don't make it absolutely clear but is the case that no matter which distro you have tried you end up either unable to install it or the OS won't run after it was installed? Any distro will run in 4GB of RAM and even much less than that so RAM is not the problem. openSUSE is well know for having installation hassles when there is a nVidia card installed which then requires for "nomodeset" to be entered on the kernel command line when the installation is being done, but if, as it seems that you are indicating, that other distros will not run even after they have been installed then the problem lies somewhere else. You mention that your computer has "dual Opteron processors". Now this does not sound like the normal for-home-use computer. Is it a second hand computer - which may have been sold because it developed some unidentified problem? And you did ask whether there may be......
Any ideas of what can be the issue?.
:-) BC -- Using openSUSE 12.3 x86_64 KDE 4.10.2 & kernel 3.8.8-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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Basil Chupin -
Ciro Iriarte -
Cristian Rodríguez -
Felix Miata -
Hans Witvliet -
Werner Flamme