All right, I’m finally back, after some more investigating on the server.
The hardware is:
Initializing CPU#0
Detected 1733.405 MHz processor.
Calibrating delay loop... 3460.30 BogoMIPS
Memory: 511720k/524224k available (1160k kernel code, 9940k reserved, 983k data, 120k init, 0k highmem)
Intel machine check architecture supported.
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
CPU: After generic, caps: 0383fbff c1c3fbff 00000000 00000000
CPU: Common caps: 0383fbff c1c3fbff 00000000 00000000
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2100+ stepping 02
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
SIS5513: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:02.5
SIS5513: chipset revision 0
SIS5513: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
SiS746 ATA 133 controller
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xff00-0xff07, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xff08-0xff0f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
hda: Maxtor 6Y120L0, ATA DISK drive
hdb: Maxtor 6Y120L0, ATA DISK drive
hdc: ASUS DVD-E616A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hda: 240121728 sectors (122942 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=14946/255/63, UDMA(133)
hdb: 240121728 sectors (122942 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=14946/255/63, UDMA(133)
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3
hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
The server has been running a year on an updated SME 6.0.1 with no problems. After backup of IBAYs via SMB I jumped in to UPGRADE the server to 7.0 – The server had more than 2 gb (mainly emails) and therefore I couldn’t backup the server via Server-Manager.
The Upgrade runs fine, but when rebooting I get Kernel panic!
I’ve tried to change HDD, Memory and CPU – Same error. So it must be something with the SIS chipset, but here is my question:
Why does the server runs ROCK STABLE on SME 6.0.1, but fails to run on SME 7.0
I’ve tried clean install with both HDD and in single HDD configuration, but the server gets Kernel panic! In the end of a reboot after “flushing hardware”.
Did the developers discontinued the support for SIS chipset?
The server is back on SME 6.0.1 with latest Maintenance Updates installed – And yes, it’s rock stable.
I’ll hate to scrap the motherboard and just hope that the Maintenance Team will keep the SME 6.x version alive the next 12 month.