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by douglas.r.aker＠verizon.com

I will be out of the office starting 07/27/2005 and will not return until 08/08/2005. I will respond to your message when I return. Or, if you need an immediate response, contact Cathy Fragala at Cathleen.E.Fragala(a)Verizon.com

July 27, 2005

Re: [Wlug] SuSE dual frustration....

by Adam Keck

Hello All, I am getting past the grub menu. I found more information, though. Apparently, the default SuSE 9.3 kernel does not handle some aspect of the multiple core cpus well. If you boot with maxcpus=1, it will boot properly. http://www.beowulf.org/archive/2005-July/013273.html claims that, once you get it booted, you need to compile rc3 of kernel 2.6.12. This seems odd though; 2.6.12-rc3 came out in April, but the message was posted this month. He may be referring to 2.6.13-rc3, the current release candidate. At any rate, SuSE released an updated kernel package set in June, so I am going to try those packages once my reinstall concludes. -Adam On Wednesday, July 27, 2005, at 11:53AM, Mike Leo <mleo963(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >can you try one of SUse's LIve CD's? > >Also, are you getting a lilo/grub menu or does the >"error" occur before that? > >--- Adam Keck <ghostis(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> I am trying to install SuSE 9.3 on a dual >> dual-core Opteron system. I can boot into the >> installation kernel and do an installation, but when >> the system reboots it boots to a black screen with a >> ~2 inch horizontal green line in the upper left-hand >> corner. I am not sure where to start >> troubleshooting this, since I do not have much error >> output. >> >> The things I know so far: >> >> o Knoppix 3.9 boots fine and runs off CD. >> o SuSE 9.2's installation kernel boots to the same >> state. >> o My install of 9.3 was a basic "click next" >> install. >> o >> http://www.beowulf.org/archive/2005-July/013234.html >> indicates there may be some issue with the initrd, >> but does not say what the guy did. My impression is >> that I am not even getting that far, though. >> >> >> Any help/hints/direction would be much appreciated. >> >> Thanks very much! >> >> >> -Adam >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -Adam

July 27, 2005

Re: [Wlug] SuSE dual frustration....

by Mike Leo

can you try one of SUse's LIve CD's? Also, are you getting a lilo/grub menu or does the "error" occur before that? --- Adam Keck <ghostis(a)mac.com> wrote: > Hello All, > > I am trying to install SuSE 9.3 on a dual > dual-core Opteron system. I can boot into the > installation kernel and do an installation, but when > the system reboots it boots to a black screen with a > ~2 inch horizontal green line in the upper left-hand > corner. I am not sure where to start > troubleshooting this, since I do not have much error > output. > > The things I know so far: > > o Knoppix 3.9 boots fine and runs off CD. > o SuSE 9.2's installation kernel boots to the same > state. > o My install of 9.3 was a basic "click next" > install. > o > http://www.beowulf.org/archive/2005-July/013234.html > indicates there may be some issue with the initrd, > but does not say what the guy did. My impression is > that I am not even getting that far, though. > > > Any help/hints/direction would be much appreciated. > > Thanks very much! > > > -Adam > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

July 27, 2005

SuSE dual frustration....

by Adam Keck

Hello All, I am trying to install SuSE 9.3 on a dual dual-core Opteron system. I can boot into the installation kernel and do an installation, but when the system reboots it boots to a black screen with a ~2 inch horizontal green line in the upper left-hand corner. I am not sure where to start troubleshooting this, since I do not have much error output. The things I know so far: o Knoppix 3.9 boots fine and runs off CD. o SuSE 9.2's installation kernel boots to the same state. o My install of 9.3 was a basic "click next" install. o http://www.beowulf.org/archive/2005-July/013234.html indicates there may be some issue with the initrd, but does not say what the guy did. My impression is that I am not even getting that far, though. Any help/hints/direction would be much appreciated. Thanks very much! -Adam

July 27, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Server configuration

by Michael Long

Theo Van Dinter wrote: >On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 05:57:10PM -0400, Michael Long wrote: > > >>I am building web/database server and am looking for some installation advice. The >>system will have an IDE boot drive for the OS and a raid for the data files. Is >> >> > >First, I would skip the IDE drive. No point in using RAID if you're just >going to have a different single point of failure. > > > Point taken on the IDE drive. >>there an advantage to partitioning the raid drive so that the web content is on one >>partition and the database files are on another or am I better off keeping it as a >>single partition. >> >> > >If it's going to be 1 RAID array, IMO, it doesn't really matter. Your problem >is going to be disk contention either way. If you were really worried about >this, you'd make 2 different arrays. > > > I am planning to use raid 5. Would it be correct to assume disk contention would remain the same no matter the number of partitions?

July 27, 2005

Re: [Wlug] getting a little burnt by the Sun

by Mike Leo

If only I could have waited 4 minutes before posting this email!!! Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "BusMouse" Option "Device" "/dev/sunmouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" EndSection --- Mike Leo <mleo963(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Never mind! > > Now im working no the mouse. > > Keyboard answer is: > > Option XkbRules Sun > Optino XkbModel type5_unix > Option XkbLayout us > Option XkbVariant basic > > --- Mike Leo <mleo963(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Hi again... > > > > I screwed up my XF86Config file and now X "starts" > > but > > the keyboard mouse is all screwed up. > > > > Since xf86config does not list Sun, what do I put > > for > > the keyboard/mouse type? > > > > This is a Sun Ultra30 running Aurora linux (for > > now). > > > > thanks > > mike > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home > page > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

July 27, 2005

Re: [Wlug] getting a little burnt by the Sun

by Mike Leo

Never mind! Now im working no the mouse. Keyboard answer is: Option XkbRules Sun Optino XkbModel type5_unix Option XkbLayout us Option XkbVariant basic --- Mike Leo <mleo963(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi again... > > I screwed up my XF86Config file and now X "starts" > but > the keyboard mouse is all screwed up. > > Since xf86config does not list Sun, what do I put > for > the keyboard/mouse type? > > This is a Sun Ultra30 running Aurora linux (for > now). > > thanks > mike > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

July 27, 2005

getting a little burnt by the Sun

by Mike Leo

Hi again... I screwed up my XF86Config file and now X "starts" but the keyboard mouse is all screwed up. Since xf86config does not list Sun, what do I put for the keyboard/mouse type? This is a Sun Ultra30 running Aurora linux (for now). thanks mike ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

July 27, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Server configuration

by Theo Van Dinter

On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 05:57:10PM -0400, Michael Long wrote: > I am building web/database server and am looking for some installation advice. The > system will have an IDE boot drive for the OS and a raid for the data files. Is First, I would skip the IDE drive. No point in using RAID if you're just going to have a different single point of failure. > there an advantage to partitioning the raid drive so that the web content is on one > partition and the database files are on another or am I better off keeping it as a > single partition. If it's going to be 1 RAID array, IMO, it doesn't really matter. Your problem is going to be disk contention either way. If you were really worried about this, you'd make 2 different arrays. -- Randomly Generated Tagline: DEVICE=EXXON.SYS may mess up your environment

July 26, 2005

Server configuration

by Michael Long

Hi, I am building web/database server and am looking for some installation advice. The system will have an IDE boot drive for the OS and a raid for the data files. Is there an advantage to partitioning the raid drive so that the web content is on one partition and the database files are on another or am I better off keeping it as a single partition. System Specs: Dual Opteron 248 2.2 GHz LSI Logic MegaRAID SCSI 320-1 Controller Seagate Cheetah 10K.7 - 73 GB - Ultra320 SCSI Seagate 80 GB IDE drive Suse 9.3 Thanks in advance, Mike

July 26, 2005