Re: RHEL 4.0 Update 3 on a Dell 500SC
"Stephen J. Smoogen" <[email protected]>
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On 4/3/06, Jay Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 12:52 -0400, McAleavey, Pat wrote: > > > The install is freezing during the disk format. I have tried to do a > > manual format (my preferred way) and I have tried the automatic > > format. Both machines freeze at, what appears to be, the end of the > > disk format no matter which method I use. > > Trying kicking off the installation with "mem=512M" or something to that > effect. We've seen a couple of cases where ACPI probing is causing > problems with installations and the footprint is that the machines > freeze during formatting. What's actually happening in the background > is that all of the memory is getting eaten up. I haven't seen this > reported on a Dell so can't guarantee this will fix your problem but > give it a try. > This fixes problems on HP xw9300 workstations, and some other boxes. As with Jay, I havent had a problem with a Dell box yet but dont have that particular beast. You may also try the old ACPI=off trick too. > - jkt > > -- > --*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--* > Jay Turner, QE Manager [email protected] Red Hat, Inc. > > If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, > X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut. - Albert Einstein > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQBEMVwuA/BpaFGKSrwRAmUCAJ4ijHlD0UufGDK2FbpAsvPcmcv7RACfbJqN > AFB4myaVVJjdjQsy37w0C7A= > =opBy > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > Taroon-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/taroon-list > > -- Stephen J Smoogen. CSIRT/Linux System Administrator -- Taroon-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/taroon-list