Improper Bootdisks delivered for SuSE eMail Server
Support knowledgebase (rsimai_imap_bootdisk)
Applies to
SuSE eMail Server: Version II, 2. Release
Symptom:
It is possible to boot from the bootdisk, after installation there are messages about wrong modules and the system doesn't work properly.
The startup screen of the bootdisk shows SuSE Linux 7.1.
Cause:
Some packings of the eMailserver are delivered with bootdisks for SuSE Linux 7.1.
Thus the installed kernel does not fit with the modules.
Solution:
Try to boot from the CD. Maybe you have to change the order of booting at the BIOS.
If your CDROM isn't capable of booting a CD or it is a SCSI-CDROM and some modules are essential, you have to create a boot- and a modulesdisk.
Needed disk-images can be found at directory /disks/
of the CD.
Create the disks as follows:
- Using DOS (Q is the name of your CDROM)
Execute the program Q:\dosutils\rawrite\rawrite
and follow the instructions.
Needed sourcefiles are
Q:\disks\bootdisk
Q:\disks\modules
- Using Linux (assuming the CD is mounted at /cdrom)
dd if=/cdrom/disks/bootdisk of=/dev/fd0 bs=8k
dd if=/cdrom/disks/modules of=/dev/fd0 bs=8k
You have to insert a disk at a time.
The created disks are identically equal to the regularly delivered.
Keywords: IMAP2, BOOTDISK, DISKETTE, EMAILSERVER
Categories:
SuSE Linux IMAP Server
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- Version: 14. Mai 2001
SuSE Linux AG - Last generated: 10. Dez 2001 by rsimai (sdb_gen 1.40.0)