[SLE] 9.1 Yast Online Kernel Update HANGS on ASUS A7N8X-E

johnswolter_at_provide.net
Date: 07/31/04

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    The 9.1 Yast Online Update intoduces a kernel boot HANG
    inside /etc/init.d/boot.localfs at about line 114 with
    sync. The man pages say sync flushes the disk buffers. The
    lines nearby are...
       
    113: fi
    114: sync
    115: test $FSCK_RETURN -gt 0 && touch...
    116: fi
       
    I tried loading all the updates except the kernel update
    and everything worked. When I did the final SUSE Yast
    Online kernel update, the boot stopped at sync. After this
    point in boot.localfs the filesystems are to be mounted for
    use. Of course it never gets there.
      
    Could this be a kernel problem or a kernel update setup
    problem or both? SUSE are you listening?
       
    The SUSE 9.1 install required I use the "Installation -
    Safe Settings" to avoid Kernel Panics. That means amoung
    others acpi=off, apm=off, and ide=nodma. I added per the
    admin manual page 21, hdc=cdrom.
      
    The ASUS A7N8X-E is configured per the ASUS defaults with
    the SATA disabled by jumper SATA_EN1 2-3. The BIOS setup
    uses the defaults with CPU External frequency shown at 133
    Mhz. A 133 Mhz DDR IS in Slot A1 and the CPU is an AMD
    Athlon XT 1800+.
      
    BTW /etc/init.d/README explains the startup process, useful
    to debug boot HANGs.
     
     John Wolter
     mailto: johnswolter@wolterworks.com
     
      

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