RedHat 8.0 onto a Dell PowerEdge SC1425

[Adriano Frare]

The problem is IDE flat cable, using flat cable of 80 wires.

Richard Hobbs wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have successfully installed RedHat 8.0 onto a Dell PowerEdge SC1425
> today. This server has two SATA hard drives, and an IDE DVD-ROM drive.
> 
> Using the following kernel parameters, i successfully installed across
> both hard drives from CD:
> 
>   ide0=0x1f0,0x3f6,14 vga=791 resolution=1024x768 expert
> 
> However, since installation, the system no longer boots. I've tried
> appending the above parameters to the kernel line in grub, but is still
> doesn't boot.
> 
> It starts to boot, and everything looks fine, until it tries to remount
> the root fs in read/write mode, at which point it appears to hang.
> 
> There are several messages on screen, all of which are normal, except
> two instances of the following:
> 
>   hdc: status error: status = 0x58
> 
> NOTE: For some reason, the two hard drives were picked up as hdc and
> hde, but it seemed to install OK.
> 
> If i boot up into rescue mode on the installation CD, i can mount the
> drives fine, and chroot into my newly built system, but it just won't
> boot up by itself.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions??
> 
> Thank you in advance!
> 
> Richard.
>