Hi folks,
I inherited a very old computer (I guess about 8 years old) which I'd like to use for some training on CentOS. I downloaded images for CentOS 6.4 i386 (DVD 1 and 2) and burned them onto discs. After inserting DVD 1 into drive and booting, on the "Welcome to CentOS 6.4!" screen I select "Install or upgrade an existing system". I then skip the media test and start the installation. Then I get a graphical installer where I choose english language and U.S. international keyboard layout.
Then I'm questioned about "What type of devices will your installation involve"? where I select "Basic Storage Devices" and then proceed. I get a dialog "Examining devices" with the message "Examining storage devices".
After a short while a dialog "No disks found" appears displaying the message "No usable disks have been found". I then go back and choose "Specialized Storage Devices" but I then get the same result (no devices are found).
Just to be sure that there are disks available and hardware works I installed a current Debian which works fine. From the BIOS and from Debian shell command "dmesg | grep -i ata" I see that there are two "Maxtor 6Y120L0" installed. Find output of "dmsg" below that email.
Is it possible and what steps are necessary to install CentOS 6.4 on that "Maxtor 6Y120L0" hard disks?
Regards,
Meikel
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Output of "dmesg | grep -i ata"
[ 1.690559] pata_via 0000:00:11.1: version 0.3.4 [ 1.690591] pata_via 0000:00:11.1: can't derive routing for PCI INT A [ 1.693019] scsi0 : pata_via [ 1.693396] scsi1 : pata_via [ 1.694434] ata1: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xa800 irq 14 [ 1.694442] ata2: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xa808 irq 15 [ 1.864541] ata1.00: ATA-7: Maxtor 6Y120L0, YAR41BW0, max UDMA/133 [ 1.864549] ata1.00: 240121728 sectors, multi 16: LBA [ 1.864737] ata1.01: ATA-7: Maxtor 6Y120L0, YAR41BW0, max UDMA/133 [ 1.864744] ata1.01: 240121728 sectors, multi 16: LBA [ 1.880389] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 1.896439] ata1.01: configured for UDMA/133 [ 1.896738] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA Maxtor 6Y120L0 YAR4 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 1.897477] scsi 0:0:1:0: Direct-Access ATA Maxtor 6Y120L0 YAR4 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 2.068361] ata2.00: ATAPI: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B, DL11, max UDMA/33 [ 2.068375] ata2.01: ATAPI: CD-956E/AKV, A99, max UDMA/33 [ 2.084228] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 [ 2.100283] ata2.01: configured for UDMA/33