SUSE NVMe kISO

version

1.0

details

This site contains a kISO image for installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 4 to remedy potential kernel panic when using NVMe devices.

The kISO will boot using an updated kernel image that fixes the above described issue, allowing installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server/Desktop to continue with the standard media. The kISO will also install the updated kernel on the target system.

platforms

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 4

architectures

  • x86_64

media


Driver Kit ISO Image
File: suse_nvme-sle11sp4-x86_64-1.0.iso · [download]
Size 209 MB
MD5 Checksum b2924cecc0b671e493f8a2f707aac829
SHA256 Checksum b15b4f1dd11d9bba3ceb5ef60328a948afe232aaff67f198123f5ac878661026

installation

Media installation

  1. Burn the ISO image above to an empty CD/DVD media.
  2. Start the installation using the new CD/DVD media, having the standard SUSE Linux Enterprise media at hand or a URL to a network installation server.
    • If doing a network install, enter the URL of the network install source on the boot command line using the 'install=' option.
    • If doing installation from optical media the installer will first boot from the kISO and then ask to insert CD1 of the SUSE Linux Enterprise product.

PXE boot installation

  1. Download the ISO image above.
  2. Mount the ISO image for access to the contents.
  3. Copy the kernel and initrd images from the kISO iso image to the appropriate location on your tftp boot server. The initrd and kernel image are found under the /boot/x86_64/loader directory. Download links for the kernel and initrd images can also be found in the table below.
  4. An updated kernel will be used for installation and installed onto the system.

Note: the initial ramdisk (initrd) image on the kISO contains updated kernel packages and is substantially larger than the normal SUSE Linux Enterprise installer initrd. Therefore, a slight delay will be experienced as the system loads the large initial ramdisk.

Kernel Image
Name linux · [download]
Size 3.9 MB
MD5 Checksum fe141e2fba716fad8d4e203480dfe6ec
SHA256 Checksum 62a6fd1b6dc715c13c2686f425c6414038f4c46285ff87e12aae1769fcd8358d
Initrd Image
Name initrd · [download]
Size 191 MB
MD5 Checksum b0c6717383593fe9ceefaf46abd41c45
SHA256 Checksum d1a8b545a81ab6d8bd3f91237dd556018e3fdd29994f8914571b723e1e1b572e