[Sussex] Centos 6 64bit no longer bootable

[Jan Henkins]

Hello Brendan,

On 27/09/13 15:54, Brendan Whelan wrote:
> 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. )

Could you please let us know the model of the server?

> 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.

Try a minimal CentOS 5.9 installation, and see if that works. Once you 
have that tested and we know the outcome, we can have a head-scratch and 
figure out some possible next steps.

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Regards,
Jan Henkins