From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.78 [en]C-CCK-MCD FC-02 (WinNT; U) Description of problem: Install/upgrading a Compaq 6500 Proliant server with Redhat 7.1. The install routine stops when it appears to probe for a USB mouse. The system has no USB. Messages to the console are as follows: Virtual Console 1 (Ctrl-ALt-F1): Running anaconda please wait ... install exited abnormally -- received signal 4 sending termination signals ... done disabling swap ... unmounting filesystems The last 2 lines from Virtual Console 3 (Ctrl-Alt-F3): *going to insmod ext3.0 (path is NULL) *looking for USB mouse ... The last 2 lines from Virtual Console 4 (Ctrl-Alt-F4): <4>raid 5: using function: p5_mmx (1179.200 MB/sec) <6>raid5 personality registered as nr4 Additionally, the system currently has Redhat 7.0 installed, system info, if needed, is as follows: Devices: Character devices: 1 mem 2 pty 3 ttyp 4 ttyS 5 cua 7 vcs 10 misc 29 fb 36 netlink 128 ptm 136 pts 162 raw Block devices: 1 ramdisk 2 fd 3 ide0 9 md 72 ida0 73 ida1 dma: 4: cascade interrupts: CPU0 CPU1 CPU2 CPU3 0: 81783 69532 68765 68746 IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 2 0 2 0 IO-APIC-edge keyboard 2: 0 0 0 0 XT-PIC cascade 8: 0 0 0 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc 10: 4698 4589 4665 4669 IO-APIC-level ida0, ida1 12: 2 4 1 0 IO-APIC-edge PS/2 Mouse 13: 1 0 0 0 XT-PIC fpu 14: 6 0 2 3 IO-APIC-edge ide0 15: 25522 22140 22049 21932 IO-APIC-level eth3 NMI: 0 ERR: 0 io-ports: 0000-001f : dma1 0020-003f : pic1 0040-005f : timer 0060-006f : keyboard 0070-007f : rtc 0080-008f : dma page reg 00a0-00bf : pic2 00c0-00df : dma2 00f0-00ff : fpu 01f0-01f7 : ide0 02f8-02ff : serial(auto) 03c0-03df : vga+ 03f6-03f6 : ide0 03f8-03ff : serial(auto) 2c00-2c07 : ide0 3000-301f : Intel Speedo3 Ethernet 3020-303f : Intel Speedo3 Ethernet 4000-401f : Intel Speedo3 Ethernet 4020-403f : Intel Speedo3 Ethernet ioports (END) meminfo: total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached: Mem: 3818278912 131698688 3686580224 73920512 54337536 24928256 Swap: 2147467264 0 2147467264 MemTotal: 3728788 kB MemFree: 3600176 kB MemShared: 72188 kB Buffers: 53064 kB Cached: 24344 kB BigTotal: 1802236 kB BigFree: 1785020 kB SwapTotal: 2097136 kB SwapFree: 2097136 kB partitions: major minor #blocks name rio rmerge rsect ruse wio wmerge wsect wuse running use aveq 73 0 26670960 ida/c1d0 0 7 25884 0 0 57 4400 0 3726 3283210 -2082039758 73 1 10240784 ida/c1d0p1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 2 10240800 ida/c1d0p2 0 7 25874 0 0 574400 0 3724 3279500 -2088603648 73 3 2101200 ida/c1d0p3 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 3280680 3280680 73 16 26675040 ida/c1d1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3283200 3283200 73 17 26674160 ida/c1d1p1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 0 8882160 ida/c0d0 0 7481 147688 0 0 855 38118 0 15110 3283190 2026511386 72 1 36704 ida/c0d0p1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 2 16320 ida/c0d0p2 0 263 556 0 0 2 22 0 24 3279500 77197480 72 3 4124880 ida/c0d0p3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 4 1 ida/c0d0p4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3283180 3283180 72 5 131072 ida/c0d0p5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 6 2097152 ida/c0d0p6 0 7214 146796 0 0 853 38080 0 15040 3283170 1800133266 72 7 2097152 ida/c0d0p7 0 4 332 0 0 0 16 0 44 3283160 142614270 PCI: PCI devices found: Bus 0, device 1, function 0: PCI bridge: DEC DC21154 (rev 2). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=7 . Bus 4, device 2, function 0: PCI bridge: DEC DC21154 (rev 2). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=7 . Bus 0, device 11, function 0: Unknown class: Compaq Unknown device (rev 4). Vendor id=e11. Device id=a0f7. Medium devsel. IRQ 5. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe7cf0000 [0xe7cf0000]. Bus 4, device 11, function 0: Unknown class: Compaq Unknown device (rev 4). Vendor id=e11. Device id=a0f7. Medium devsel. IRQ 5. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf7bf0000 [0xf7bf0000]. Bus 0, device 12, function 0: System peripheral: Compaq Unknown device (rev 0). Vendor id=e11. Device id=a0f0. Medium devsel. I/O at 0x1800 [0x1801]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe7ce0000 [0xe7ce0000]. Bus 0, device 13, function 0: SCSI storage controller: NCR 53c875 (rev 20). Medium devsel. IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=255. Min Gnt=17.Max Lat=64. I/O at 0x2000 [0x2001]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe7cd0000 [0xe7cd0000]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe7cc0000 [0xe7cc0000]. Bus 0, device 13, function 1: SCSI storage controller: NCR 53c875 (rev 20). Medium devsel. IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=255. Min Gnt=17.Max Lat=64. I/O at 0x2400 [0x2401]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe7cb0000 [0xe7cb0000]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe7ca0000 [0xe7ca0000]. Bus 0, device 14, function 0: VGA compatible controller: ATI Unknown device (rev 122). Vendor id=1002. Device id=4756. Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=8 . Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe6000000 [0xe6000008]. I/O at 0x2800 [0x2801]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe7c90000 [0xe7c90000]. Bus 0, device 15, function 0: ISA bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 2). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No bursts. Bus 0, device 15, function 1: IDE interface: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 1). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Latency=64. I/O at 0x2c00 [0x2c01]. Bus 0, device 15, function 2: USB Controller: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 1). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Latency=64. I/O at 0x2c20 [0x2c21]. Bus 0, device 15, function 3: Bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 2). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Bus 0, device 16, function 0: Host bridge: Intel 450NX - 82451NX Memory & I/O Controller (rev 3). Fast devsel. Bus 0, device 18, function 0: Host bridge: Intel 450NX - 82454NX PCI Expander Bridge (rev 4). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No bursts. Bus 0, device 20, function 0: Host bridge: Intel 450NX - 82454NX PCI Expander Bridge (rev 4). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No bursts. Bus 1, device 4, function 0: Ethernet controller: Intel 82557 (rev 5). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 15. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=56. Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe7bf0000 [0xe7bf0008]. I/O at 0x3000 [0x3001]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe7e00000 [0xe7e00000]. Bus 1, device 5, function 0: Ethernet controller: Intel 82557 (rev 5). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 9. Master Capable. Latency=64. M in Gnt=8.Max Lat=56. Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe7be0000 [0xe7be0008]. I/O at 0x3020 [0x3021]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe7d00000 [0xe7d00000]. cpu: (there are 4 cpus, data is the same for all I only show the first here): processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 7 model name : Pentium III (Katmai) stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 499.864 cache size : 1024 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no sep_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr xmm bogomips : 999.42 If you need additional information feel free to contact me. 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Try booting with 'linux nousb'. Does that get around the problem? If not, the the problem isn't USB related.
Finally got it to work, I passed the following options to the kernel: linux ide=nodma nousb ANd the installation/upgrade worked like a dream. The nousb option by itself did not solve the problem. Thanks for the quick response. Would be nice if Redhat mentioned the options one can pass to the kernel/installer in their documentation. (If they do so already I was unable to find it). Once again thanks.