https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/redhat-4-installation-error/m-p/4129822#M31344 /dev/sda should be the first SCSI/USB/whatever disk on the system. Note that HP Proliant servers often have a SmartArray hardware RAID controller installed: with it, the disk path is usually different. It should look like /dev/cciss/c0t0 or /dev/ida/c0t0 (depending on SmartArray model). These paths are available only after the RAID controller has been configured using the BIOS menus or the SmartStart CD.<BR /><BR />You may have a bad disk. Or if you have a modern HP Proliant server with an unconfigured RAID controller, you may have accidentally tried to install RedHat 4 on your USB memory stick :-)<BR /><BR />What's the hardware model of the box and what kind of disk(s)?<BR /><BR />Note: I'm fairly sure you actually mean RedHat _Enterprise Linux_ 4, rather than the ancient RedHat 4.x (released in 1996-1997!). <BR /><BR />A good short non-ambiguous way to identify a RedHat Enterprise Linux distribution would be "RHEL 4". Or if you want to be exact, something like "RHEL 4 ES Update 5".<BR /><BR />MK Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:29:20 GMT Matti_Kurkela 2008-01-15T23:29:20Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/redhat-4-installation-error/m-p/4129821#M31343 <BR /> Hi ,<BR /><BR /> I am gonna install redhat 4 on one of the HP-BOX, after portioning while proceeding it is showing the error as follows,<BR /><BR /> input/output error during writeon /dev/sda<BR /><BR /> Can anybody suggest, what could be the reason?<BR /><BR /><BR /> Rgds<BR /> Yogesh.<BR /> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:24:31 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/redhat-4-installation-error/m-p/4129821#M31343 Yogesh M Puranik 2008-01-15T19:24:31Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/redhat-4-installation-error/m-p/4129822#M31344 /dev/sda should be the first SCSI/USB/whatever disk on the system. Note that HP Proliant servers often have a SmartArray hardware RAID controller installed: with it, the disk path is usually different. It should look like /dev/cciss/c0t0 or /dev/ida/c0t0 (depending on SmartArray model). These paths are available only after the RAID controller has been configured using the BIOS menus or the SmartStart CD.<BR /><BR />You may have a bad disk. Or if you have a modern HP Proliant server with an unconfigured RAID controller, you may have accidentally tried to install RedHat 4 on your USB memory stick :-)<BR /><BR />What's the hardware model of the box and what kind of disk(s)?<BR /><BR />Note: I'm fairly sure you actually mean RedHat _Enterprise Linux_ 4, rather than the ancient RedHat 4.x (released in 1996-1997!). <BR /><BR />A good short non-ambiguous way to identify a RedHat Enterprise Linux distribution would be "RHEL 4". Or if you want to be exact, something like "RHEL 4 ES Update 5".<BR /><BR />MK Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:29:20 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/redhat-4-installation-error/m-p/4129822#M31344 Matti_Kurkela 2008-01-15T23:29:20Z