Kickstart Installation of RHEL5 fails with an error "Unable to locate partition cciss/c0d01"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 with a kickstart file.
  • Anaconda fails with an error message as follows, and installation stops.
Unable to locate partition cciss/c0d01 to use for /boot.
Press 'OK' to reboot your system.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Kickstart Installation.

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