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Boot Option Update for Dual-Core AMD Opteron Systems

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I am installing ESX Server 2.5.2 on a system with dual-core AMD Opteron processors in it. When I select the Linux option at the LILO prompt, a kernel panic occurs.

What changes must be made in order to boot this system into a Linux bare-metal mode?

Solution

You have two options for configuring the Linux mode for ESX Server 2.5.2 on a system with dual-core AMD Opteron processors:

Select Linux-UP at the LILO prompt. This selects a Linux kernel compiled in uniprocessor mode, for greatest backward compatibility.

Boot using the first option, and add the following to /etc/lilo.conf for the Linux entry:

=========================================
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-34smp
        label=linux
        root=/dev/sda2
        initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-34smp.img
        read-only
        append="noapic"
==========================================

Add the line append="noapic" as shown in the example above. Then run lilo to commit the changes to the boot loader.

Future boot cycles using the Linux option will succeed.

Keywords

esx252; lilo; linux; Dual-Core; AMD; Opteron; boot; 1852; esx252; dual core; dualcore

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KB Article: 1852
Updated: Aug 14, 2009

Products:
VMware ESX
Product Versions:
VMware ESX 2.5.x

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