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Description of problem:
In RHEL5, it is not possible to install a driver update from a SATA Cd


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
6.0

How reproducible:
Reproducible on any system with a SATA CD

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Perform install using linux dd on a system using a SATA CD in order to use the driver update cd in the SATA CD drive.
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Actual results:
In RHEL5, the driver update disk was not used and the user was not notified that it was not used.

Expected results:
The driver update disk should be used.

Additional info:

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 504155 ***

Bill,
There are two distinct pieces to this issue:
1) Msg if linux dd=label does not pick up the input
2) support of sata cd's

Details:
1) Msg if linux dd=label does not pick up the input
If Anaconda does not pick up the dd=label, no msg is provided to the user to indicate to the user that the dd=label that they specified was not actually used.  The user can go through the whole install and would have no reason to not know that the dd=label was not used.  That's why a msg is needed. 

2)Support of sata CD's
Sata CD's do not work today and this should be fixed for RHEL6 as Sata CD's are one of the more prevalent CD's in the enterprise.

Due to these two issues, that's why there are two BZs.

Beth

SATA CDs (the title of this bug) *is* bug 504155.