<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.5.7652.24"> <TITLE>RHEL5 kickstart overwrites USB</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  Hi, So we're running into a strange issue where a kickstart from a USB/CDROM combo on an HP DL385 G5 system is actually installing and reformatting the USB stick. We place the kickstart file on the USB drive, drop in a RHEL5 DVD and run: linux ks=hd:sda1:/hostname.cfg The installation goes fine and our packages are installed, but upon reboot and examining the USB stick, it has been reformatted to ext3 FS and contains : stha3155@ghost:/media/usb$ ls config-2.6.18-8.el5 grub initrd-2.6.18-8.el5.img lost+found symvers-2.6.18-8.el5.gz System.map-2.6.18-8.el5 vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5 Upon reboot of the system, it crashes with a bunch of OPCODE errors. The relevant part of our kickstart looks like this ( we don't do anything tricky in our packages or post install, just touch a few config files.. ) install cdrom lang en_US langsupport --default=en_US en_US keyboard us skipx text ignoredisk --drives=sda1,sdb1,sdc1 network --device eth0 --bootproto static --ip 192.168.27.17 --netmask 255.255.255.0 --hostname hostname.domain.com network --device eth1 --onboot no rootpw --iscrypted ##### firewall --disabled authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5 timezone America/Los_Angeles selinux --disabled zerombr yes bootloader --location=mbr --append="rhgb quiet" reboot clearpart --all part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=128 --asprimary part swap --size=6912 --asprimary part pv.01 --size=100 --grow volgroup rootvg pv.01 logvol / --fstype ext3 --vgname=rootvg --size=512 --name=rootlv logvol /tmp --fstype ext3 --vgname=rootvg --size=1024 --name=tmplv logvol /var --fstype ext3 --vgname=rootvg --size=1024 --name=varlv logvol /opt --fstype ext3 --vgname=rootvg --size=2048 --name=optlv logvol /home --fstype ext3 --vgname=rootvg --size=2048 --name=homelv logvol /usr --fstype ext3 --vgname=rootvg --size=2048 --name=usrlv logvol /usr/local --fstype ext3 --vgname=rootvg --size=2048 --name=locallv %packages Tried putting the 'ignoredisk' option in order to ignore the sda1 disk that the USB shows up as, but no luck. As a side note, the disks on the HP show up as /dev/cciss/c0d0. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks. -- sh </BODY> </HTML>