[CentOS] System Hangs At Anaconda Detecting Hardware (SOLVED)

Tue Dec 2 01:18:04 UTC 2014
Mark LaPierre <marklapier at gmail.com>

On 12/01/14 05:30, Ashish Yadav wrote:
> 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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I was using my TV on the S-Video Out.  It wasn't happy.  I connected my
monitor to one of the DVI ports and the world became a happy place.  I
got the install done from the DVD install disk.

Now the configuration battle starts.  First I have to install the Nvidia
drivers so that my Folding At Home application will use the 64 CUDA
cores on my video card.  Then I have to figure out how to get all the
applications I have on my 32 bit CentOS 6.6 system to run on the new 64
bit CentOS 6.6 platform.  I know it should be easy but past experience
has shown that it probably won't be.

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