On 8/8/2013 8:09 AM, Oguz Yilmaz wrote: > I have a problem with older version of anaconda linux installer. I have > upgraded kernel in my distro, but, when this anaconda boot with new 3.4.52 > kernel, can NOT find cdrom. As far as I understand, this is because the new > kernel recognize cd drive as srX, scdX instead of older hdX with 2.6.18. At > the moment I can not upgrade anaconda and forced this kernel to recognize > it as before. > > Are there any kernel command line argument, kernel config or something else > for kernel 3.4.52 to recognize this cdrom as hdX? the treatment of "IDE" devices as a seperate /dev/hd* class was removed from the linux kernel quite a long time ago, now everything is mapped to 'SCSI' devices, /dev/sd* the anaconda in whatever older version you're running is not going to work with a newer kernel, you'll need a newer anaconda, and at this point, what you have no longer resembles CentOS -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast