From: Ron Joffe (rjoffe_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Thu May 04 2006 - 20:18:18 CEST
From: Ron Joffe <rjoffe@yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 14:18:18 -0400 Message-Id: <200605041418.18500.rjoffe@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [suse-sles-e] SLES-9 Install on Dell 2850, no root device
On Thursday 04 May 2006 13:45, Alexei_Roudnev wrote:
> Strange; I installed it all many many times and never had any problems.
> With SLES9-SP1, SLES9-SP3, SLES9 , in 32 and 64 bit modes.
>
> Looks as you used wrong installation sequence. Did you try to install SLES9
> firtst and the upgrade to SP1 and then to SP3?
>
> PS. Novell support... forget about it, it is useless.
>
Alexei,
The install was a network (via http) install of SLES-9, SP3. I also have
installed this on earlier versions of Dell 2850's without any issues.
This might have to do with newer PERC (RAID) controllers on these servers.
As far as Novell support goes, My gripe was really with the web site. In order
to enter in a trouble ticket, you had to really understand the design of the
form. It was really not very well designed. Pop up windows for choosing
values instead of list boxes.
The whole trouble ticket entry was just very painful.
The actual support on the other hand was perfect, and quite fast too.
It seems from my experiences, as well as those of others I have seen here,
that the old SuSE support structure is still in place and performing very
well. The whole problem is with the new Novell web site. I would take back
the old SuSE portal in a flash!
Ron
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Joffe" <rjoffe@yahoo.com>
> To: <suse-sles-e@suse.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 7:48 AM
> Subject: [suse-sles-e] SLES-9 Install on Dell 2850, no root device
>
> > I have submitted this same issue to Novell support (After figuring out
>
> their
>
> > very poorly designed service request form).
> >
> > Perhaps someone on the list has a suggestion as well ?
> >
> >
> > SLES-9 SP3 32 bit
> > Server:
> > Dell 2850
> > Perc 4/Di controller - Single Raid 1 Partition
> > Dual Xeon 3.4
> > 4GB Ram
> >
> > Install, standard install.
> > Partitions:
> > /dev/sda1 - 100Meg ext2 /boot
> > /dev/sda2 - 2GB SWAP
> > /dev/sda3 - 5 GB /
> > Install went just fine, after package load, system reboots. On reboot,
>
> console
>
> > displays:
> > Loading kernal/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.ko
> > waiting for device /dev/sda3 ro appear: ....not found -- device nodes:
> > long list of device nodes (tty's,pty's, etc)
> > No root device found: exiting to /bin/sh
> >
> > I can boot via rescue disk, and easily mount /dev/sda3 to /mnt and
>
> /dev/sda1
>
> > to /mnt/boot.
> >
> > I have chrooted in the rescue mode to /mnt and ran yast to apply all
>
> latest
>
> > patches (including kernel). This did not help the configuration.
> >
> > I have gone into the bios and changed all disk and boot settings a number
>
> of
>
> > different formats, this did not help either.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ron
> >
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