[CentOS] System Hangs At Anaconda Detecting Hardware

Mon Dec 1 10:30:44 UTC 2014
Ashish Yadav <gwalashish at gmail.com>

Hi,

On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Mark LaPierre <marklapier at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey All,
>
> I just assembled a new machine.
>
> Mother Board:   Gigabyte 78LMT-USB3
> Processor:      AMD FX8350
> Memory:         Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 2x8 GB
> Video:          BFG Tech Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT
>
> I tried the 6.6 x86_64 netinstall disk.
> I tried the 6.6 x86_64 install DVD
>
> Both fail at the same place:
>
> Anaconda installer init version 13.21.229 starting
> mounting /proc filesystem... done
> creating /dev filesystem... done
> starting udev...udev[175]: error setting /sys/class/firmware/timeout: No
> such file or directory
> done
>
> mounting /dev/pts (unix98 pty) filesystem... done
> mouning /sys filesystem... done
> trying to remount root fiesystem read write... done
> mounting /tmp as tmpfs... done
> running install...
> running /sbin/loader
> detecting hardware...
>
> That's all she wrote!
>
> The BIOS detects the 500 GB hard drive, the CD/DVD drive, 16 GB of RAM,
> all eight cores on the CPU, and boots from the CD/DVD.  Then it just
> hangs at detecting hardware.
>
>
> http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS6.6#head-aa1d1d1c4e306596f8ae129e016ef1f95fc7c36e
>
> Says:
> "The netinstall isos do not work with UEFI installs, but the minimal or
> DVD isos do work with UEFI. No versions of CentOS-6.6 will work with
> Secure Boot turned on. Secure Boot must be disabled to install CentOS-6.6."
>
> I see nothing in the MB documentation about "Secure Boot" enabled or
> disabled.  Also not a word about UEFI.
>
> Any suggestions anyone?
>

Please make sure that your BIOS firmware is up to date. Have you checked
that?


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