[CentOS] Re: SATA controller Dell Optiplex 745

Thu Feb 8 16:27:24 UTC 2007
Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com>

Henk van Lingen spake the following on 2/8/2007 6:30 AM:
> Hi,
> 
> The CentOS 4.4 installation doesn't work on a Optiplex 745 because
> it doesn't support the sata controller. Is there a known work-around?
> 
> (smaller prob: dvi video doesn't work at install time, vga only)
> 
> If only we had CentOS 5 :-)
> 
> Cheers,
I have seen some versions of the ICH8 chips working in "ATA" mode. It is worth
a try.
Fedora 6 will probably run on that hardware.

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