On Sunday 21 January 2007 10:20, brian_linux wrote:
Hello:
I am having difficulty upgrading my openSuSE 10.1 installation to openSuSE 10.2. In fact, my difficult arises from the fact that I cannot reliably boot into the installation program.
Background: (1) I have a Tyan K8HM 3892S motherboard and two dual-core Opterons. (2) I installed the latest BIOS (1.05). I tried a number of BIOS settings but they are currently set to "optimal defaults". (3) openSuSE 10.1 runs without any known problems. Originally I had the double realtime clock issue but a previous BIOS update fixed that. (4) I'm using the openSuSE 10.2 install DVD. I checked the MD5 and it matched. I have also burned a number of DVDs, even using different programs and the behavior is consistent.
Issue: (1) The DVD starts to boot. In fact I can get to the "main screen" where I can select to "Boot from the Hard Drive", "Install", ... (2) When I select install to start the upgrade, usually the system hangs. (3) I installed using text mode and the initcall_debug kernel option and I can see progress up until the following:
Calling initcall 0xffffffff80317987: pci_init +0x0/0x2b()
What I find weird is that sometimes the system will get into the install program, but the vast majority of the time it will not. So it's intermittent. I haven't been able to identify any pattern that I can use to predict whether it'll work on any given boot sequence.
Does anyone have any suggestions? This isn't a crisis since I have 10.1 working well, it's just that I really wanted to upgrade to 10.2.
Brian Schang
You probably need to provide a kernel boot parameter during install such as nosmp, acpi=off, noapic, etc. You didn't say whether you tried the Failsafe mode install. If Failsafe works then you know its most likely ACPI, APIC or interrupt related. This may only need to be done for the install/upgrade. Stan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org