"ignoredisk --only-use=sda" kickstart option NOT working on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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Issue

  • Kickstart installation stopped with the following message in anaconda.log

    15:05:22 CRITICAL: parted exception: Error: Error opening /tmp/sdb: No medium found

  • This server has the virtual floppy device and virtual cd device, which show up as /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc.

  • If using 'ignoredisk --drives=sdb,sdc', the installation works fine.
  • But, if using 'ignoredisk --only-use=sda', this problem occurs.
  • --only-use= option is documented in http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Installation_Guide/s1-kickstart2-options.html

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 and before.

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