[rhn-users] RHEL 4 Install - Strange Behavior

[Justin Reed]

Shadd,

Thanks very much.  Sadly, it was the firmware all along.  I can't think of 
how I missed that before, but now it's upgraded and RedHat seems to be 
working much better.

Justin

On Wed, 6 Jul 2005, Shadd Gallegos wrote:

> Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 16:01:58 -0400
> From: Shadd Gallegos <shaddga at us.ibm.com>
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> Subject: Re: [rhn-users] RHEL 4 Install - Strange Behavior
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> 1.) First of all verify that you have the latest firmware
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> http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/DRVR-MATRIX.html
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> you can find drivers and firmware to ALL IBM systems here
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> 2.) If you are getting strange characters I would check my BIOS to verify
> that the NumLk is off on boot.
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>      are you using a USB keyboard or PS2?
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> 3.) I have seen similar shutdown results
>      does this machine use an RSA?
>
>    Try
>      sudo /sbin/shutdown -r
>      init 6
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> Hello,
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> I've got an IBM eServer series x330 server that upon which I'm installing
> RHEL 4 Update 1.  First off, when the installation asks to check the
> install media, the checks always fail.  When I do the check on a different
> system I get straight passes.  RHEL 3 had no problem.
>
> Second, usually when I boot the system (from CD or hard drive) I have to
> unplug the keyboard and plug it back in a few times to get any keyboard
> input working.  I just tried logging into the installed OS and the
> keyboard input was either in all caps (without CAPS LOCK on) or resulted
> in "2", "'", and "~" characters, among others.  Sometimes rebooting helps.
>
> Finally, the system refuses to reboot.  When I tell it to reboot it goes
> through a normal shutdown sequence and the screen goes black but it never
> actually restarts.  I'm forced to hold down the power button to get it to
> shut off.
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> Has anyone experienced something like this?  It's very odd and I'm at a
> loss of where to start.  I've looked in the BIOS and AFAIK there isn't
> anything wrong.
>
> I'm also pretty sure I didn't tell it to install X, though it boots into
> it by default now.  That could be negligence on my part, though.
>
> Thanks very much for any input.
>
> Justin
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