I have discovered that /dev/sda is a Virtual Disk that iDrac from DELL uses to boot the server from a remote .iso file. It can not be disabled, so /dev/sda will be always there.
Changing the kind of the Virtual Disk from Hard Disk to Floppy doesn't solve the problem. Regards, Felip. 2011/6/27 Felip Moll <[email protected]> > Hello all! > > I am trying to install a new Scientific Linux 6.0 from the Install DVD > downloaded from > http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.0/x86_64/iso/SL-60-x86_64-2011-03-03-Install-DVD.iso. > > I insert the DVD, then reboot and begin the installation. When I'm in the > screen where I can select were to install SL (entire disk, replace, upgrade > existing, custom, etc.) and I press NEXT, the Anaconda crashes. > > It seems that is recognizing a /dev/sda disk which is empty, and also > /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc which are my SAS 146Gb disks and are formatted in > ext3, and when going to select the destination disk it crashes. > > I have no RAID controllers, and I am trying to install it on a Dell > Poweredge M600 with 2 SAS 146 disks. > > After the crash of Anaconda, I can still go into the console and use fdisk, > the net, etc. In fact, I deleted all the /dev/sdb and sdc partitions and > formatted as ext3 from these console. > > I add the .xml log. > > What can I do? > > Thank you so much. > > Felip > >
