Service Manual

Installation Instructions and Important Information 9
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 4 Hangs During
Initialization on Systems With Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Processors
With More Than 4 GB RAM
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 4 kernel 2.6.5-7.308 installs
successfully on a system with a Quad-Core Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Opteron processor with more than 4 GB RAM. However, the system hangs
while booting after the installation. A solution to this issue is available in
kernel version 2.6.5-7.311 or later. You can download and install the kernel using
YOU. For more information, see the Technical Information Document (TID)
number 3191716 on the Novell Support website at support.novell.com.
You can also workaround the issue using one of the following methods:
• Limit the RAM to less than 4 GB using a boot parameter. The boot
parameter is
mem=xxxxm, where xxxx is a number less than 4000.
• In the BIOS System Setup, enable
Node Interleaving in the Memory
Information
screen.
Linux Enumeration of NICs
Linux operating system versions that use the udev kernel device manager
may enumerate the NICs differently than earlier Linux versions, which used
the devfs device manager. Although this does not affect system functionality,
when using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 operating systems, NIC1 may be
configured as eth1 rather than as eth0, and NIC2 as eth0. For more
information on and to find methods of changing the default device
enumerations, see White Papers at linux.dell.com.
Installing on Systems With Less Than 512 MB of RAM
For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 x68_64, Graphical User Interface (GUI)
mode installation is not supported on systems with less than 512 MB of RAM.
If your system has less than 512 MB of RAM, use the text mode to install
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.
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