on 6-4-2008 3:12 PM Kirk Bocek spake the following: > Karanbir Singh wrote: >> Kirk Bocek wrote: >>> I didn't provide the details because it was strange that the >>> installation failed at the same point regardless of the booting method I >>> used. It felt like some basic mistake or mis-setting in the OS. But hey, >>> I've been wrong before. >> >> Anything interesting on vc#1,3,4,5 ? how about run remote syslog and see >> if anything interesting gets in there.... > > After wandering in the dark for two days, I found this posting: > > http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=13334 > > This reminded me that although this is an all SATA system, I also have a > PATA tape drive installed. > > The solution in the posting was to temporarily unplug the tape drive. > Rather than pull this host out of the rack for the umpteenth time, I > simply added to the installer's command line: > > hda=none hdb=none > > For some reason, the tape drive is installed as /dev/hdb. I'm not sure > what's at /dev/hda. If it's the DVD drive and I was installing from > physical media, that might be a problem. However, my PXE-boot install is > now flying along. > > Kirk Bocek With PATA the device ID is based on location. Hdb is the primary slave (slave on first port). There doesn't have to be a hda. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 258 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080604/38f88243/attachment-0005.sig>