Support Notes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS v.2.1 for the Itanium Processor on HP Integrity Servers

Support Note for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS v.2.1 for the Itanium® Processor on HP Integrity Servers
Known Problems
Chapter 120
image=vmlinuz-2.4.18-e.Nsmp
label=linux
initrd=initrd-2.4.18-e.Nsmp.img
read-only
root="LABEL=/"
append="console=ttyS0,115200n8 hdd=ide-scsi"
image=vmlinuz-2.4.18-e.N
label=linux-up
initrd=initrd-2.4.18-e.N.img
read-only
root="LABEL=/"
append="console=ttyS0,115200n8 hdd=ide-scsi"
==== sample elilo.conf for mounting root partition by label ====
e. Manually verify "LABEL"=/" entry is in the /etc/fstab.
===== sample fstab for mounting root device by label =====
LABEL=/ / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 1 1
/dev/hda1 /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda5 /home ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 2
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
/dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
===== sample fstab for mounting root device by label =====
7. SCSI errors and resets cause system failures.
SCSI errors and resets for any reason cause system failures. For example, if your disks
have a problem such as a parity or disk error that causes a SCSI reset, the system will
fail. Combining a Seagate drive with the ds2100 disk carrier causes electrical problems on
the SCSI bus and subsequent reset attempts that also result in system failure. Do not use
Seagate drives with this disk carrier.
8. The following error message is generated on normal system startup: .
Mounting filesystems [FAILED]
This problem exists on:
a. Itanium 2 processors greater than 1GHz.
b. When your HP A7061A (Gigabit copper) network interface card (NIC) uses a static IP
address.