On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:10:57 -0700, jared wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install Centos 5.2 on an old Proliant 8000. It's been a
> workhorse, currently running RHEL 3, but we want to put on a new
> application that requires a newer kernel. The machine is configured
> with eight 700MHz Xeon's, a 4250ES disk array (3 UltraSCSI3's) and a
> dozen drives. It's loud, noisy, uses way too much power and just works
> - can't remember it ever being down.
>
> What happens when I boot is the process consistently stops with this
> error:
>
> PNP PS2 Controller[PN0303:KBD,PNP0f0e:PS2M) at 0x60, 0x64 irq 1,12
>
> The Centos 5.2 Live CD dies with the known bug about kernel memory.
>
> A colleague just stopped by and said he had the same problem trying to
> install Oracle Enterprise Linux 5, so this is looking more like a
> generic problem (or at least, RH-originated if it's a bug). Then again,
> RHES3 is still cruising along on it, so I'm thinking it's not
> necessarily a driver issue.
>
> The BIOS date shows 2003, if that is of any import. I checked that the
> BIOS was expecting Linux (there are one or two places to indicate that).
> There are two logical volumes, one RAID 5 for the OS, one RAID 1+0 for
> data. All is done at the h/w level.
>
> I tried booting with noapic, noacpi, with the timer set to pmtmr, all to
> no avail.
>
> Has anyone seen this before?
>
> Thank you.
>
> jh

There is a beta of CentOS 5.3 available, give that one a try. The Beta
period is the one time that CentOS users can get problems in RHEL fixed.
If the beta doesn't fix the problem you'll be able to submit a bug report
and get the issue addressed.

http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/ce...er/067057.html

On Oct 30, 6:24*pm, General Schvantzkoph
wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:10:57 -0700, jared wrote:
> > Hello,
>
> > I am trying to install Centos 5.2 on an old Proliant 8000. *It's beena
> > workhorse, currently running RHEL 3, but we want to put on a new
> > application that requires a newer kernel. *The machine is configured
> > with eight 700MHz Xeon's, a 4250ES disk array (3 UltraSCSI3's) and a
> > dozen drives. *It's loud, noisy, uses way too much power and just works
> > - can't remember it ever being down.
>
> > What happens when I boot is the process consistently stops with this
> > error:
>
> > PNP PS2 Controller[PN0303:KBD,PNP0f0e:PS2M) at 0x60, 0x64 irq 1,12
>
> > The Centos 5.2 Live CD dies with the known bug about kernel memory.
>
> > A colleague just stopped by and said he had the same problem trying to
> > install Oracle Enterprise Linux 5, so this is looking more like a
> > generic problem (or at least, RH-originated if it's a bug). *Then again,
> > RHES3 is still cruising along on it, so I'm thinking it's not
> > necessarily a driver issue.
>
> > The BIOS date shows 2003, if that is of any import. *I checked that the
> > BIOS was expecting Linux (there are one or two places to indicate that)..
> > *There are two logical volumes, one RAID 5 for the OS, one RAID 1+0 for
> > data. *All is done at the h/w level.
>
> > I tried booting with noapic, noacpi, with the timer set to pmtmr, all to
> > no avail.
>
> > Has anyone seen this before?
>
> > Thank you.
>
> > jh
>
> There is a beta of CentOS 5.3 available, give that one a try. The Beta
> period is the one time that CentOS users can get problems in RHEL fixed.
> If the beta doesn't fix the problem you'll be able to submit a bug report
> and get the issue addressed.
>
> http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/ce...er/067057.html

It turned out to be a known hardware problem with the i8042 subsystem
(keyboard and mouse). To get around it, boot with these switches:

noapic i8042.noacpi i8042.nomux i8042.noaux

and it works like a charm.

jh

On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:44:08 -0700, jared wrote:

> On Oct 30, 6:24Â*pm, General Schvantzkoph wrote:
>> On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:10:57 -0700, jared wrote:
>> > Hello,
>>
>> > I am trying to install Centos 5.2 on an old Proliant 8000. Â*It's been
>> > a workhorse, currently running RHEL 3, but we want to put on a new
>> > application that requires a newer kernel. Â*The machine is configured
>> > with eight 700MHz Xeon's, a 4250ES disk array (3 UltraSCSI3's) and a
>> > dozen drives. Â*It's loud, noisy, uses way too much power and just
>> > works - can't remember it ever being down.
>>
>> > What happens when I boot is the process consistently stops with this
>> > error:
>>
>> > PNP PS2 Controller[PN0303:KBD,PNP0f0e:PS2M) at 0x60, 0x64 irq 1,12
>>
>> > The Centos 5.2 Live CD dies with the known bug about kernel memory.
>>
>> > A colleague just stopped by and said he had the same problem trying
>> > to install Oracle Enterprise Linux 5, so this is looking more like a
>> > generic problem (or at least, RH-originated if it's a bug). Â*Then
>> > again, RHES3 is still cruising along on it, so I'm thinking it's not
>> > necessarily a driver issue.
>>
>> > The BIOS date shows 2003, if that is of any import. Â*I checked that
>> > the BIOS was expecting Linux (there are one or two places to indicate
>> > that).
>> > Â*There are two logical volumes, one RAID 5 for the OS, one RAID 1+0
>> > Â*for
>> > data. Â*All is done at the h/w level.
>>
>> > I tried booting with noapic, noacpi, with the timer set to pmtmr, all
>> > to no avail.
>>
>> > Has anyone seen this before?
>>
>> > Thank you.
>>
>> > jh
>>
>> There is a beta of CentOS 5.3 available, give that one a try. The Beta
>> period is the one time that CentOS users can get problems in RHEL
>> fixed. If the beta doesn't fix the problem you'll be able to submit a
>> bug report and get the issue addressed.
>>
>> http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/ce...er/067057.html
>
> It turned out to be a known hardware problem with the i8042 subsystem
> (keyboard and mouse). To get around it, boot with these switches:
>
> noapic i8042.noacpi i8042.nomux i8042.noaux
>
> and it works like a charm.
>
> jh

You should still try the CentOS 5.3 beta and submit a bug report if it
hasn't been fixed, it will be helpful to you in the future and the
community in general.

I demand that jared may or may not have written...

[snip]
> What happens when I boot is the process consistently stops with this error:

> PNP PS2 Controller[PN0303:KBD,PNP0f0e:PS2M) at 0x60, 0x64 irq 1,12

?

That's not an error...

[snip]
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