Kickstart: storage configuration failed: failed to find a suitable stage1 device

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Issue

The error I get during the kickstart install is:

Starting automated install..
Generating updated storage configuration
storage configuration failed: failed to find a suitable stage1 device
Installation

 1) [x] Timezone settings                 2) [x] Language settings
        (America/New_York timezone)              (English (United States))
 3) [x] Installation source               4) [x] Software selection
        (Local media)                            (Custom software selected)
 5) [!] Install Destination               6) [x] Network settings
        (Error checking storage configu          (Wired (eth0) connected)
        ration)                           8) [x] Create user
 7) [x] Kdump                                    (No user will be created)
        (Kdump is enabled)
  Please make your choice from above ['q' to quit | 'b' to begin installation |
  'r' to refresh]: 
[anaconda] 1:main* 2:shell  3:log  4:storage-log  5:program-log

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • kickstart

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