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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES Install-Boot
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Hi,

I have the following problem with SLES 11 SP4 on an IBM System x3650 M4
(ServeRAID M5110e 3.24):

Booting stops while trying to mount the root device, exits to shell, then if
I simply exit the shell the device mounts successfully and the boot process
continues successfully:

Setup multipath devices: ok.
Trying manual resume from /dev/disk/by-
id/scsi-360050760580b24401a2b5baa1b01de9a-part1
Invoking userspace resume from /dev/disk/by-
id/scsi-360050760580b24401a2b5baa1b01de9a-part1
resume: libgcrypt version: 1.5.0
Trying manual resume from /dev/disk/by-
id/scsi-360050760580b24401a2b5baa1b01de9a-part1
Invoking in-kernel resume from /dev/disk/by-
id/scsi-360050760580b24401a2b5baa1b01de9a-part1

Waiting for device /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-360050760580b24401a2b5baa1b01de9a-
part2 to appear: !!!Could not find /dev/disk/by-
id/scsi-360050760580b24401a2b5baa1b01de9a-part2.
Want me to fall back to /dev/disk/by-
id/scsi-360050760580b24401a2b5baa1b01de9a-part2? (Y/n)
Waiting for device /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-360050760580b24401a2b5baa1b01de9a-
part2 to appear: !!!not found – exiting to
/bin/sh
$ exit
exit
fsck from util-linux 2.19.1
[/sbin/fsck.ext3 (1) – /] fsck.ext3 -a -C0 /dev/sda2
/dev/sda2: clean, 273962/14024704 files, 6619141/56097024 blocks
fsck succeeded. Mounting root device read-write.
Mounting root /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-360050760580b24401a2b5baa1b01de9a-part2
mount -o rw,acl,user_xattr -t ext3 /dev/disk/by-
id/scsi-360050760580b24401a2b5baa1b01de9a-part2 /root

Any idea what’s the cause of the problem?

Thanks,
Mirko

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Hi Mirko,

sounds like some timing issue. You might want to start in debug mode (i.e. by adding kernel parameter “linuxrc=trace”), so that you get more output from the setup scripts.

Regards,
Jens

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Hi Jens,

I tried this - but wasn’t successfull. With this kernel parameter added the
system never booted, but endlessly produces udev messages to the screen. I’m
not familiar with udev, and it was way too much messages, so I don’t know if
they made any sense or indicated errors…

There are some factors with this machine (IBM x3650 M4) which make me feel
slightly overcharged…

  • it’s my first and only UEFI system
  • bootmanager is ELILO not GRUB
  • it has many disks: 2 RAID internal controller, 5 RAID1 arrays
  • 12 multipath devices on a IBM Storwize (SAS)

Probably I missed some important setting somewhere… (?)

Thanks,
Mirko

jmozdzen wrote:
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Hi Mirko,

sounds like some timing issue. You might want to start in debug mode
(i.e. by adding kernel parameter “linuxrc=trace”), so that you get more
output from the setup scripts.

Regards,
Jens

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Hi Mirko,

[QUOTE=Mirko Guldner;31809]Hi Jens,

There are some factors with this machine (IBM x3650 M4) which make me feel
slightly overcharged…

  • it’s my first and only UEFI system
  • bootmanager is ELILO not GRUB
  • it has many disks: 2 RAID internal controller, 5 RAID1 arrays
  • 12 multipath devices on a IBM Storwize (SAS)

Probably I missed some important setting somewhere… (?)[/QUOTE]

this might be a good reason to ask for SUSE support by opening a service request - do you have an according support contract?

Best regards,
Jens