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I have just built a Centos 6.4 64-bit system on a, relatively old,
Dell server. Having got through the installation of the operating
system and configured our package, I changed the default screen
backgrounds to those used on other servers. I logged out but the
screen just ( from memory) showed a white line and the word
"Centos". I therefore powered off and back on again but now get the
message "ata_id DHIO_GET_IDENTITY failed for /dev/sda" it then goes
into a kernel panic. Searching on the Internet indicates that this
could be a disk controller issue. However I can boot, using a DVD,
into recovery mode and, for example, check that the png background
files are in place. ( Just in case there was a bad connection I
re-bedded cables, boards, etc. )<br>
Is it likely to be a hardware issue and are there any tests that I
can perform? As it is a new installation I am not concerned about
the data or files but would like to get the system working.<br>
Thanks, Brendan<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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