SuSE 9.3 installation on IBM x345
Hi, I've unsuccessfully tried to install SuSE 9.3 on an IBM x345 server. After the packages were installed and SuSE made a reboot, the machine hangs with the message: "Kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 vga=0x317 selinux=0 acpi=off resume=/dev/sda2 splash=silent [ Linux bzImage, setup=0x1600, size=0x17685b ]" No other kernel messages, nothing. My hardware: IBM x345 (2CPUs) with IBM ServeRAID 5i (1 RAID5 array) Partitions: /dev/sda1 /boot (ext2) /dev/sda2 swap /dev/sda3 / (reiserfs) Bootloader: GRUB 1. I start the rescue system from the dvd and could access the partitions (rw). 2. I started a "new installation", then cancel the installation and then boot installed system. The system comes up without any errors, so I could finish the installation. 3. I already tried the smp, bigsmp and the default kernel with same result; guess the problem is not the kernel rather the bootloader or the initrd. 4. I also "reconfigured" the initrd (registered scsi or/and raid modules in /etc/sysconfig/kernel and started mkinitrd) which brought however nothing. 5. I run for at least 6 months on identically constructed servers SuSE 9,0 (2.4.21), 9,1 (2.6.5) and 9,2 (2.6.8) without any problems. I'm a newbie so I'm out of ideas. Thanks in advance Dan P.S. Sorry about my English.
Alle 17:41, giovedì 19 maggio 2005, Dan Soare ha scritto:
[SLE] SuSE 9.3 installation on IBM x345 Da: Dan Soare <dan.soare@meduniwien.ac.at> A: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Hi,
I've unsuccessfully tried to install SuSE 9.3 on an IBM x345 server. After the packages were installed and SuSE made a reboot, the machine hangs with the message:
1) use the last version of ibm serveraid software, download it from ibm web site. 2) use "acpi=no" when reboot system during the first installation 3) but not less important, create a boot partition as 150/200Mb, grub run fine in this mode... /boot + / + other... firt is important /boot.... bye! -- Calogero Bonasia www.linuxteam.it Linux User #301822
Calogero Bonasia wrote:
Alle 17:41, giovedì 19 maggio 2005, Dan Soare ha scritto:
[SLE] SuSE 9.3 installation on IBM x345 Da: Dan Soare <dan.soare@meduniwien.ac.at> A: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Hi,
I've unsuccessfully tried to install SuSE 9.3 on an IBM x345 server. After the packages were installed and SuSE made a reboot, the machine hangs with the message:
1) use the last version of ibm serveraid software, download it from ibm web site.
2) use "acpi=no" when reboot system during the first installation
3) but not less important, create a boot partition as 150/200Mb, grub run fine in this mode... /boot + / + other... firt is important /boot....
bye!
it worked it was just a firmware upgrade for ServeRAID 5i (from 7.10.17 to 7.10.18 !!!!!) Thanks a lot! Dan
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