Support Notes for SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 for the Itanium Processor Family

Support Note for SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 for the Itanium® Processor Family
Issues and Known Problems
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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 =====
5. 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.
6. ASSI Text-mode booting screen cuts off text.
The booting screen displays these incomplete lines:
(x) Write ELILO to the boot disk ('MBR' on /dev/hda
( ) Do not use ELILO (a different boot manager is r
( ) Write ELILO to a different partition: <da
The firmware is VT 102 emulator, so you can set the terminal type to VT 102 to
workaround this problem.
7. Enabling 3D acceleration for the ATI Radeon VE7000 graphics card on rx5670 servers
causes the graphics console to hang during the installation test phase and may impair
graphics console behavior with any functionality that uses 3D acceleration.
When installing a UnitedLinux partner distribution on an rx5670 server, answer No at the
prompt, Do you want to enable 3D acceleration?