https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637226
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637226#c2
--- Comment #2 from Rae Stiening 2010-09-06 15:07:29 UTC ---
Thank you for replying. I am using an ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO motherboard. I start
with a wiped system disk (dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/...) attached to the
motherboard interface and have chosen the AHCI interface option in the
motherboard BIOS. There are 8 raid disks attached to two Adaptec 1430SA
controller cards installed as well.
I start the install from the CDROM.
I decline the "use auto configuration option."
I select the other/minimal server selection option.
The installer chooses /dev/sdi for the system disk. (the right choice)
In the next window I get the message under "Booting":
"Configure a valid boot loader location before continuing. The device map
includes more than 8 devices and the boot device is out of range. The range is
limited by the BIOS to the first 8 devices".
It isn't clear how to respond to this instruction.
If I repeat the install process with the 8 raid disks removed the openSUSE
installs normally. If I then reconnect the 8 raid disks openSUSE boots
normally.
In regard to using persistant device names I normally load the system disk by
volume label. I have done this in the past because it allows the simple backup
method of using dd to copy the system disk to a backup disk.
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