Postby FraLa » Wed Sep 14, 2005 8:27
Hi,<P>We would like to install a SuSE Pro 9.3 and a RX100 S2 server. Note that I already have installed this distrib on a laptop, on another server but it's the first time on a server with SATA disks.<P>To avoid questions about procedure, here is the one I use :<BR>- on BIOS, hyperthreading, APIC and multiboot for HDs are disabled,<BR>- on BIOS, the 'Large disk access mode' is set to other<BR>- using fastbuild, I remove the RAID array (the kernel 2.6 is incompatible with such RAID, dixit SuSE ...) => no RAID<BR>- the server boots on the Primergy ServerStart (v5.410) CD<BR>- using the FastTrack RAID tool, I disable the "Enable SMART Check"<BR>- I select a Linux Professional 9 installation and start the installation.<BR>- the Linux installation starts (boot options : acpi=off apm=off noapic) and Yast is started without problem.<BR>- I select the packages, set the language, the time zone, etc<BR>- I set partitions as following :<BR> /dev/sda1 - Linux native (ext2) - /boot (70.5Mb)<BR> /dev/sda2 - Linux swap - swap (2Gb)<BR> /dev/sda3 - Linux reiser - /<BR> /dev/sdb1 - Linux - reiser - /home (all disk)<BR>- I switch to a LILO boot<BR>- I launch the installation. All packages of the CD #1 are copied and the server is restarted.<BR>- and now, here is the problem : it is impossible to start Linux. I get the message "Operating system not found".<P>I already spend two days on this configuration ...<P>Any idea ?<P>Thanks a lot for your help.<P>Regards,<P>Franck