SLES 9 install fails on IBM eServer x330

[PhilRau]

I am trying to install SLES 9 on an IBM eServer x330 machine (model type 8674) and the install will not finish. The machine has 2 1.6 GB processors in it and 3.5 GB of RAM, so I think that it's meeting the minimum requirements. I have tried the same install on two identical machines, both of them have failed in the exact same way. Here's what happens:

I put CD 1 on and boot the machine. The install comes up fine and askes what should be installed. I choose what I need (pretty much default except for changing the time zone). It starts installing and askes for Disk 2. I load it and the install seems to be going pretty much normal until the machine reboots. At this point, it reboots and then just hangs with a black screen, with the waiting icon for the mouse cursor. I am able to get to a console by hitting CTL+ALT+F1 (or F2, or whatever), but I really don't know where to go from there.

If anyone has seen this before and knows of a solution, please let me know. I really appreciate it. Thanks!

(As a side note, I have updated the BIOS on the machine to the most recent version and I have also let the machine sit in that state overnight to ensure that the operation isn't just taking a long time.)

[PhilRau]

Hi all,

I just got through my install, so I figured that I would post how I worked through it, just in case someone else ran into a similar problem. This is how I got around it:

I restarted a new install, but I chose the option for the "ACPI Disabled" install. I'm not actually sure what ACPI is or what I lost by not having it, but I've just gotten through installing both of the machines, and it looks like it worked.

Hope that helps someone.

Phil

[gogalthorp]

Hi all,

I just got through my install, so I figured that I would post how I worked through it, just in case someone else ran into a similar problem. This is how I got around it:

I restarted a new install, but I chose the option for the "ACPI Disabled" install. I'm not actually sure what ACPI is or what I lost by not having it, but I've just gotten through installing both of the machines, and it looks like it worked.

Hope that helps someone.

Phil

FYI- ACPI is the interface to allow power control on a machine. This is often a problem. Apperently the "standard" is a bit loose. If this is to be a server then there is no real lose. Also for most desktops.