#4420 [FVT]:provision sles11.3 on P8 BE failed with "Can't allocate memory for kernel image"

[ting ting li]

xCAT 2.9 11/18 build.

Provision SLES11.3 on P8 BE failed and return following error message. I use both yaboot and grub2.

SuSE Linux zImage starting: loaded at 086e0000-0a59ad30 (0/0/00c3ba70; sp: 06adfe20)
uncompressing ELF header done. (00000100 bytes)
Can't allocate memory for kernel image !

EXIT called ok
0 > ok
0 >

[Guang Cheng Li]

Could not be recreated this problem with the latest firmware and xcat build.

[yangsong]

recreated in my env

sles11.3 on Power

[yangsong]

some info:

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/aixpert/entry/suse_sles_11_on_power8_install_can_t_allocate_memory_for_kernel_image?lang=en