[olug] Suse 9.1/Compaq ProLiant 6000-Boot Sector

[Dave Thacker]

On Wednesday 02 June 2004 19:29, neal rauhauser wrote:
>  Did you fire this thing up with a non SMP kernel? That might work
> wonders ... on some machines you can just pull the second processor,
> some refuse to boot without the complement of CPUs. My Pentium Pro boxes
> work fine in single processor mode, my Quad Xeon systems won't even
> twitch without all four in place.

I'm not sure if Suse 9.1 is loading a SMP kernel or not.  I'll see if I can 
determine.  It will be a few days before I get some quality hardware install 
time....

DT

>
> dthacker9 at cox.net wrote:
> > Yes, it's a dual pIII.
> > DT
> >
> > > From: neal rauhauser <neal at lists.rauhauser.net>
> > > Date: 2004/06/01 Tue AM 05:46:40 EDT
> > > To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [olug] Suse 9.1/Compaq ProLiant 6000-Boot Sector
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  Is it a multiprocessor box? I've had eight multiprocessor Proliants of
> > > various models and exactly *one* behaves with an SMP kernel.
> > >
> > > Dave Thacker wrote:
> > > > On Monday 31 May 2004 11:28, Dave Thacker wrote:
> > > > > I'm trying to install Suse 9.1 on my Compaq Proliant 6000.  All the
> > > > > drives are under the control of the Compaq Raid Controller.  On my
> > > > > first attempt, CD 1 loaded, the machine rebooted and hung without a
> > > > > prompt.  On my second attempt I took a closer look at the boot
> > > > > settings on the setup menu and noticed that Suse wanted to install
> > > > > grub on the MBR.  For my second attemp, I changed the location of
> > > > > grub to the /boot partition which is at /dev/isa/ c0d0p0.   I'm now
> > > > > getting a grub prompt, but it can't seem to find the kernel.
> > > >
> > > > Progress, sort of.  I've told Suse to put grub on the / disk at
> > > > c0d0p0.  I now get a grub prompt, but the system hangs immediately
> > > > after starting tty logging.   I still haven't found the "right" place
> > > > for everything.  BTW, if there is a HOWTO on this, I'd appreciate a
> > > > link.  I've GTFI for a long time today, but all the configs I've seen
> > > > differ in some major way from mine.
> > > >
> > > > DT
> > > >
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