OpenSUSE 10.3 on PowerEdge 2500

[Kevin Davidson]

On 14 Dec 2007, at 15:05, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:

> You have a Drac controller.
> Your server installes fine untill first reboot.

No. Once installed it reboots fine. It's only booting from the  
OpenSUSE install CD that fails at the second stage.

> try:
> disable all virtual boot devices in the bios. ( see boot order )

Will try this next time I am on site.

> also, you can unplug the drac controller.

Part of the problem is the machine is inherited and nobody knew what  
hardware it had in it.

> The problem is USB Storage detection is done in a other order
> then the installation cd boot order.


That certainly make sense. USB device detection happens shortly before  
the failure.

Just skipping the pata_serverworks driver whilst booting from the CD  
cures the problem at any rate.

Kevin Davidson
Technical Director

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