Re: Redhat Linux 2.4.9 Hanging

2005-11-07 Thread Peter Webb, Toronto Transit Commission
: Redhat Linux 2.4.9 Hanging Peter, Try IPLing without the paging device and see what happens. If it still hangs at the first DASD device detection, then try running a CP instruction trace. You can compare the addresses to what in the /boot/System.map file to get an idea of what kernel routines

Re: Redhat Linux 2.4.9 Hanging

2005-11-07 Thread Adam Thornton
On Nov 7, 2005, at 7:48 AM, Peter Webb, Toronto Transit Commission wrote: I have worked around the problem. I had forgotten that October 3 was the first IPL after we applied RSU 0402 to our z/VM 3.1.0 system. Previously, we were at RSU 0102. It appears that something in RSU 0402 changed the

Redhat Linux 2.4.9 Hanging

2005-11-03 Thread Peter Webb, Toronto Transit Commission
I discovered this week that my three test Linux systems had been hanging during boot, apparently since October 3, since this is the last date I can find on their disks, and we did our monthly IPL that day. I cannot find anything to suggest why they are not working. I can boot my install system,

Re: Redhat Linux 2.4.9 Hanging

2005-11-03 Thread Hall, Ken (GTI)
: [LINUX-390] Redhat Linux 2.4.9 Hanging I discovered this week that my three test Linux systems had been hanging during boot, apparently since October 3, since this is the last date I can find on their disks, and we did our monthly IPL that day. I cannot find anything to suggest why

Re: Redhat Linux 2.4.9 Hanging

2005-11-03 Thread Carsten Otte
Hall, Ken (GTI) wrote: We used to see behavior like this on our SLES8 systems, when too many images were brought up at once. It seemed to be related to contention for the disks because we'd reboot the images independently and they'd come up fine, and never seemed to hang on individual

Re: Redhat Linux 2.4.9 Hanging

2005-11-03 Thread Peter Webb, Toronto Transit Commission
I can boot them individually and they still hang at this point. Uno viso, omnia visa sunt. -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hall, Ken (GTI) Sent: November 3, 2005 11:02 To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Redhat Linux 2.4.9 Hanging

Re: Redhat Linux 2.4.9 Hanging

2005-11-03 Thread Hall, Ken (GTI)
, November 03, 2005 11:10 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Redhat Linux 2.4.9 Hanging Hall, Ken (GTI) wrote: We used to see behavior like this on our SLES8 systems, when too many images were brought up at once. It seemed to be related to contention for the disks

Re: Redhat Linux 2.4.9 Hanging

2005-11-03 Thread Carsten Otte
Hall, Ken (GTI) wrote: the connect of the DASD would frequently just fail. This combined with an LVM bug that caused the wrong disks to be attached to a volume group if volumes were missing, and made for some really interesting situations. *ouch*. Is that still with latest Sles8? Did you

Re: Redhat Linux 2.4.9 Hanging

2005-11-03 Thread Hall, Ken (GTI)
of a shock though. :) -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Carsten Otte Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 11:32 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Redhat Linux 2.4.9 Hanging Hall, Ken (GTI) wrote: the connect

Re: Redhat Linux 2.4.9 Hanging

2005-11-03 Thread Post, Mark K
-Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Webb, Toronto Transit Commission Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:43 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Redhat Linux 2.4.9 Hanging I discovered this week that my three test Linux systems had been