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Re: funny drive name
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Tom H <[log in to unmask]>
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Tom H <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:59:37 -0400
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On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Ken Teh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I am having trouble doing a 6.2 kickstart install on a machine with a
> previously used /dev/sda.  It always fails on the first 'part' statement. I
> finally did a manual install and discovered in the anaconda-ks.cfg that the
> drive is not sda but has a really funny name
>
> ddf1_<very long hexadecimal sequence>
>
> What is this name?  How do I get rid of it and have it simply as sda?

Use "nodmraid" on the kernel line.

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