Kernel panic on PowerPC during installation boot

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Issue

  • Unable to install RHEL- 5.7 on IBM System p.
  • Kernel panic on powerpc during installation boot.
   "No filesystem could mount root, tried:ext iso9660"
   Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (1,0)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 , 5.7 , 5.9
  • IBM eServer p5 550
  • IBM Server-9119-590
  • IBM Server-9110-51A

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