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Implication During installation, the USB floppy device is recognized as sda, and the mass

storage is recognized as sdb. After reboot, the mass storage is now recognized

as sda, but SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server still tries to load system files from

sdb. To resolve this problem, you must modify the grub menu list file and the

fstab file.

Status No Fix.

Workaround http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sb/CS-025446.htm

describes this problem and its workaround.

41. Red Hat* Enterprise Linux may report the wrong processor speed

Problem In Red Hat* Enterprise Linux, the operating system may report the wrong

processor speed. Example: Processor speed is 3.0 GHz; the operating system

shows it as 3300 MHz.

Implication This symptom is operating system-related. Although it does not reflect the

processor speed correctly, the processor’s actual running speed corresponds

with its design capacity. It is harmless to the system and can be ignored.

Status Ignore the processor speed in Red Hat* Enterprise Linux.

Workaround None.

42. A kernel panic is likely to be observed with Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4

or SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 9 when SpeedStep is disabled in BIOS

Problem When SpeedStep is disabled in the BIOS menu, a kernel panic along with a

Blue Screen is likely to be observed with Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4 or SuSE*

Linux Enterprise Server 9.

Implication This makes the operating system installation or system boot halt with a kernel

panic warning message.

Status This erratum is fixed in BIOS Release R0079 and later releases.

Workaround None.

43. SAS software RAID 5 activation key may NOT be detected

Problem SAS software RAID 5 activation key may NOT be detected in the Intel

S5000PSLSAS server board. On the system POST screen, there is no

message to report that SAS software RAID 5 activation key is presented and