Scope; X86 Or Amd64/Em64T On Xw9300 Workstation Is Currently Unable To Perform Network Installs Or Pxe Booting; Description; Resolution - HP xw3400 User Manual

HP Recommends that you boot your install kernel with the additional boot option "acpi=off" using the
following steps:
Start the install as you usually would.
1.
The RHEL install boot prompt "boot:_" is displayed.
2.
At the prompt, type linux acpi=off.
3.
Continue with the install as usual.
4.
x86 or AMD64/EM64T on xw9300 Workstation is Currently Unable to
Perform Network Installs or PXE Booting

DESCRIPTION

RHEL 4 does not properly recognize the network device provided by the nForce Professional 2200
chipset which is in the HP xw9300 Workstation.

SCOPE

Network Installing or PXE Booting RHEL 4 x86 or AMD64/EM64T on HP xw9300 Workstation

RESOLUTION

NOTE: This issue is resolved in RHEL4U1. If you are using RHEL4, then the following resolution still
applies.
Because the install kernel/process in all current versions of RHEL 4 cannot recognize this LAN device,
network installs and Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) booting will not work. Attempting to create
an initrd.img with the nForce Professional 2200 LAN driver will not resolve this issue as the problem
is within the install process.
x86 on xw9300 Workstation May Hang or Fail to Find SCSI Drives
During the Install
DESCRIPTION
RHEL 4 x86 on xw9300 Workstation, during the install you may see a hang or a message indicating
that no hard drives can be found.
SCOPE
Installing RHEL 4 x86 on HP xw9300 Workstation with one or more SCSI drives.
RESOLUTION
NOTE: This issue is resolved inRHEL4U2. If you are using RHEL4 or RHEL4U1, then the following
resolution still applies.
HP recommends that you boot the install kernel with the additional boot option "acpi=off":
Start the install as you usually would.
1.
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux install boot prompt "boot:_" is displayed.
2.
At the prompt, type linux acpi=off.
3.
Continue with the install as usual.
4.
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