Dear All, Just faced this problem with the RHAS-2.1. I seen this message "kernel panic: dma pool exhausted" and server gets hangup. I tried to google and all but didn't find proper solution.
Finally I gone to kernel level debugging. I installed teh debugging kernel from kernel.org. And observed the log after boot and b4 boot and when rhas-21 gets hanged. Can't believed it was the problem with my hardware based raid. I was using U-320, 320 u adaptec make dual channel SCSI PCI card. actually the driver supplied with this server (server is Wipro make , only in India) but server is intel based motherboard was for RH7.3. I finally downloaed the rpm named aic7xxx-6.2 and patched it to kernel. It worked fine. and since than it is working fine. otherwise system gets hangup everytime when it starts to insert or eject the modules in the kernel. So finally, if u face this sort of the problem please try to make the dd disk for 320 card using dd if=/dev/fd0 of (image name). image can be download from apaptec.com site. and than start fresh installation. If u will do like me. I installed the system rhas-2.1 with rh7.3 driver and than I upgraded using the rpm provided by adaptec. Additionally the symptrom for this hardware realated problem is when u tried to installed any rpm using rpm -ivh or rpm -uvh u will get the same error log i.e. kernel panic: dma pool exhausted.... and u need to power down adn up it through switch... greattttttttttt..... just don't be fool its very simple to get resolve it....... Cheers!!!!!! enjoy any prblem pls feel free to contact me.. Pushkar Bhatkoti artek enterprises pvt ltd nehru place new delhi india [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile : 9810774912 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail]# rpm -q kernel kernel-2.4.9-e.3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail]# rpm -q kernel-smp kernel-smp-2.4.9-e.3 kernel-smp-2.4.9-e.25 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail]# rpm -q aic7xxx aic7xxx-6.2.10-1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail]#
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