On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 07:18:04PM +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote: > Henk van Lingen wrote: > >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? > > what controller is it ? It's the ICH8 intel chipset family. It appears there is a "Legacy mode" (ATA). The installer does work when I change the SATA operation to "Legacy mode" in the BIOS. (alltough a bit slow) Having patched the machine to the latest kernel (2.6.9-42.0.8), the system still doesn't work in normal sata-mode. > >(smaller prob: dvi video doesn't work at install time, vga only) Something about 'video modes not supported'. I will try a 'nofb' install... Note that sound is working, to my surprise (as sound is often the first to stop working on new intel chipsets) > >If only we had CentOS 5 :-) > > afaik, only a few people at RH might have that :) we'll all need to wait > for it to release first. Yes, off course. Rumours have it FC6 works on Optiplex 745. So I suppose CentOS 5 will also be working on those systems. Regards, -- Henk van Lingen, Systems Administrator & DBA (o- -+ Dept. of Computer Science, Utrecht University. /\ | phone: +31-30-2534107 v_/_ http://henk.vanlingen.net/ http://www.tuxtown.net/netiquette/