On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Oleg Verych wrote: > OK. I don't have experience with such hardware. > > Try to select modules you need for basic boot, i.e. don't use > MODULES=most in initramfs.conf, then manually load suspected modules, if > you need them, of course. E.g. why piix* is needed on serverworks > chipset?
Help me, how should I exactly configure initramfs.conf and remake initrd ? piix* is loaded later, after initrd. all partitions are mounted. I think, this module is loaded by hotplug or discover. Maybe this module try turn on DMA mode for IDE, because default DMA is disabled. But it completly hang up server. I read about it on the Internet. All people have problems with ServerWorks OSB4 and DMA enabled. Higher numer kernel resolve this problem, but I didn't try it. I can try any new knoppix or ubuntu cd live, they have more new kernels. > > I tryed to find option in BIOS that disable SMP, but .... > > this is classical SCSI BIOS, booted from configuration partition. > > There SMP options for Linux. I used this server on NetWare. > > It is no matter, when I selected in BIOS NetWare or NetWareSMP. > > Allways I coud use server as SMP. > > nosmp, noapic (see Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt) thanks. I'll try it, but after 18:00 GMT+2 (summer time), it'll be 16:00 UTC. I don't know why serverity is downgraded from critical to important. I set critical severity, because this kernel makes my system completly unusable, as descripted in report script. btw. chipset ServerWorks is used on HP Proliant & Prosignia servers. Actually on the new servers this chipsets have revision OSB6. -- Grzegorz Szyszło Departament Informatyki NOBLE Bank S.A. Lublin, tel. (81)532-94-70 , kom. 607-940-478 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]