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x2100 M2 hangs on loading /sbin/loader during RHEL 4 ES Update 4 install

807557May 14 2007 — edited Apr 29 2008

I have this new X2100 M2. I have a RAID 1 setup with two disks. When I boot from the RHEL 4 ES Update 4 (32 bit) install CD, it hangs when loading /sbin/loader.

If I specify "linux noapic" it does the same thing. If I specify "linux noprobe" it goes into the install menu but the keyboard doesn't work.

I am running Firmware: BIOS - 3A12 and SP - 2.70. There are newer version out, but when I tried to installed those all the USB ports stopped working and I had to downgrade to the above versions via iLOM.

This is obviously a hardware issues with RHEL ES 4, but I don't know what hardware. I had this same problem installing VMWare ESX 3.0.1 on an X4600, but after upgrading to the latest BIOS (which said fixed fixed the /sbin/loader) issue everything worked.

There doesn't seem to be a fix yet for this on the X2100 M2 BIOS though.

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks,

MK

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