When using Fedora Core 3 or 4 kickstart installation, the hard drives are not detected.

Problem

When using Fedora Core 3 or 4 kickstart installation, the hard drives are not detected

Solution

Due to PCI ID duplication between the Marvell and Highpoint controllers, the Highpoint driver (hptmv) can no longer be loaded automatically. Thus it is necessary to add the following line to the top of the kickstart file:

device  scsi   hptmv

For reference, here is a partial kickstart file that use the device directive.

#Generated by Kickstart Configurator
#platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T

device scsi  hptmv

#System  language
lang en_US

#Language modules to install
langsupport en_US

#System keyboard
keyboard us

#System mouse
mouse

#Sytem timezone
timezone America/Los_Angeles

Support

When using Fedora Core 3 or 4 kickstart installation, the hard drives are not detected.

Problem

Solution