Description of problem: Installation of RHEL 3 U7 aborts with ata_piix not finding the disks. The last messages at tty4 are: <7>libata version 1.20 loaded. <7>PCI(00:1f.2): version 1.05 <3>PCI: Device 00:1f.2 not available because of resource collisions <6>cdrom: open failed. <6>cdrom: open failed. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.4.21-40.EL How reproducible: 100% on given hardware. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install normally 2. Eventually, 1st stage pops a dialog "Select Device Driver to Load" 3. Switch to <alt>F4 to see the printouts Actual results: Installation is impossible, because targed disks are not present. Expected results: Installation proceeding. Additional info: The installer correctly indentifies ata_piix as the driver for the hardware. RHEL 4 U3 installs successfuly on this system. The system does not have normal IDE connectors (except those used for CD and DVD), so I cannot install without becoming creative...
The i386 version installs and boots fine. This is specific for x86_64.
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