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JW >Hello,
JW >I just installed 8.1 on a PowerEdge 2450 (PREC3/Si, aacraid module, setup as RAID5 with 2 containers) installation proceded just fine but when I use grub OR lilo (I have tried both) halts right after showing
JW >the initrd info and states:
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Ok, I just did a test: I installed 8.0 into the partitions of container 0 and it boots opn it's own just fine.
So I reinstalled 8.1 again into those exact same partitions (I reformatted them but did not repartition) and it still does not boot, even using the exact same lilo.conf from 8.0 (INITRD_MODULES is the same on both)
So it is most definately a problem with 8.1, kernel or something.
If anyone has a way to work around this problem, I'd sure like to know.
Not trying to start a flame war, so if you don't like rants don't read past here....
After much searching I found on SDB a warning that grub cannot be used with raid systems.
This makes me very angry, as no doubt it will the owners of other raid systems. Personally, I think it was wrong of SuSE to swtich to a new bootloader until the bootloader could boot raid. It's just insane. other insanities include:
1. YaST2 _coiuld_ have been smart enough to tell me "hey, you're using raid, don't use grub"
2. "Don't use this on a raid system" should have been printed in big, bold letters on the box.
3. We called SuSE yesterday and ordered 8.1 next day air for a server (and told them so). The salesperson could and _should_ have asked us if it was a raid system and told us not to bother.
Ther'es no reason there's not an option to use lilo right in the inital setup screen (under boot)
In the mean time, I am going to have touse 8.0 on this system since I have to get it up and running. I am not happy, to say the least. I'm irked because I really need some of the new features of 8.1, especially the firewire hotplug, and payed extra to get it here a.s.a.p. only to find that it doesn't work.
I have been a loyal SuSE customer since 6.3, and will probably keep it up since I _still_ think SuSE is better than the rest, but I am getting tired of every new release having a big dissapoitment that is unavoidable on the custmoer end (broken kernel modules or missing yast1, for example) but _could_ have been avoided by SuSE (there was no _need_ to switch to GRUB until GRUB works properly).
Broken bootloaders and aacraid modules are NOT fun.
I</rantmode>
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Jonathan Wilson
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Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com
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