Re: Power 7 CentOS ppc64 install disk boots but "No disks detected"

Jack, I did find this if it helps. Also, are there any tool options with
ASMI or the IPMITOOL.

A.2.1. Disks are not detected

If the installation program cannot find a writable storage device to
install to, it returns the following error message in the *Installation
Destination* window: *No disks detected. Please shut down the computer,
connect at least one disk, and restart to complete installation.*

Check the following items:

- Your system has at least one storage device attached.
- If your system uses a hardware RAID controller; verify that the
controller is properly configured and working as expected. See your
controller’s documentation for instructions.
- If you are installing into one or more iSCSI devices and there is no
local storage present on the system, verify that all required LUNs are
presented to the appropriate Host Bus Adapter (HBA).

If the error message is still displayed after rebooting the system and
starting the installation process, the installation program failed to
detect the storage. In many cases the error message is a result of
attempting to install on an iSCSI device that is not recognized by the
installation program.

In this scenario, you must perform a driver update before starting the
installation. Check your hardware vendor’s website to determine if a driver
update is available. For more general information on driver updates, see
the *Updating drivers during installation*
<https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html-single/performing_an_advanced_rhel_installation/index#updating-drivers-during-installation_installing-rhel-as-an-experienced-user>
section of the *Performing an advanced RHEL installation* document.

You can also consult the Red Hat Hardware Compatibility List, available at
https://access.redhat.com/ecosystem/search/#/category/Server.

On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 4:11 PM Jack Woehr <jwoehr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 1:56 PM Steve Pavlichek <spavlichek@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

If the drives were previously used for IBM I, then you will need to
reformat them for Linux/AIX/VIOS

Don't have those tools, I think, to do that.

I'll see if there are some kernel arguments at Linux boot to handle that
...

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