On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 07:37 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 07:58 -0400, Alfred von Campe wrote: > > On Jun 2, 2006, at 6:57, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > > > > <snip> > I would suggest the following: > > 1. Make sure you have the latest system BIOS available from the > motherboard manufacturer. If you have a controller for the SATA drives > that is not on the motherboard, make sure it has the latest BIOS offered > by the manufacturer. > > 2. Make sure you have the latest bios for the hard drive(s) in question > if there are bios updates provided from the hard drive manufacturer > (that is the case with some SATA hard drives). > > 3. Look in the BIOS for settings that concern the drives (either in the > motherboard or a separate controller) and ensure you understand what > each one does and that they are set appropriately for Linux operations. > > 4. See if the controller manufacturer or the motherboard manufacturer > provide Linux Drivers for the SATA controllers that might be newer than > the ones in the Linux kernel. > <snip sig stuff> If I may also suggest: 5. Check with the support orgs/sites of all component manufacturers (possibly even the distributor you purchased from) to see if they have knowledge of issues and resolutions. I've noticed over the years that often a problem with a particular combination of hardware/software is encountered/reported/solved between the end-customer and a support organization earlier than elsewhere. Even if not, the *good* support organizations will strive to help because they know that it is likely that others will encounter the problem. HTH -- Bill -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060608/e846953e/attachment-0005.sig>