Rhel 3 Update 4 Ws; Amd64/Em64T Installation Fails On Hp Xw6200 Workstation Or Hp Xw8200 Workstation With A Sata Drive And 4Gb Or More Of Memory; Scope; Resolution - HP xw3400 User Manual

RHEL 3 Update 4 WS

AMD64/EM64T Installation Fails on HP xw6200 Workstation or HP
xw8200 Workstation with a SATA Drive and 4GB or More of Memory

DESCRIPTION

When attempting to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 Update 3 or Update 4 WS Update 3
Gold (EM64T) on workstations listed in the SCOPE section of this document, the message "No drives
found" is displayed.

SCOPE

This issue only applies to workstations when ALL of the following conditions are true:
HP xw6200 Workstation or HP xw8200 Workstation
•
RHEL 3 Update 3 or Update 4 WS EM64T
•
SATA drive
•
4GB to 16GB of memory
•

RESOLUTION

NOTE: This issue has been resolved in RHEL3U5. If you are using RHEL3U3 or RHEL3U4, then the
following resolution still applies.
HP recommends performing one of the following workarounds to avoid the issue.
Maintain the system's current configuration with more than 4GB of memory.
Boot to Red Hat CD 1.
1.
When you see the blue highlighted "F1: Boot," press the F1 key.
2.
The following prompt is displayed: boot: _.
At the boot prompt, enter linux mem=508M.
3.
Proceed with the installation as usual.
4.
OR
Reduce the amount of memory to 3GB or less prior to the install and replace it after the install is
complete.
AMD/EM64T on HP xw8200 Workstation and HP xw6200 Workstation
Might Panic with 4GB of Memory and SATA and FX1400 or FX540
DESCRIPTION
On HP xw6200 Workstation or HP xw8200 Workstation systems that have Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 Update 3 or Update 4 WS AMD64/EM64T with 4–4.5GB of memory and a SATA drive, the
system will panic when booting if the kernel is booted with the boot option swiotlb=16384.
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