Les Mikesell wrote: > Dago Pacheco wrote: >> Hi..... I just bought a External HD with USB/FireWire interfaces. I >> was trying to connect it by firewire and nothing happened, but it's >> connected by USB, there is no problem. This is the "fdisk - l" >> output when i connect it by USB >> >> Disco /dev/sdc: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes >> 255 cabezas, 63 sectores/pista, 19457 cilindros >> Unidades = cilindros de 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes >> >> With firewire, there is just nothing for the external HD >> The firewire port it's integrated to my motherboard as an ATX form >> card. The USB port where i connect the HD is in the same card > > Like the 'upstream' version, the stock centos kernel does not include > firewire support. If you are running centos 4.x, you can install the > centosplus kernel: http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories/CentOSPlus. > A similar version for centos5 is still in the testing repository: > http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/i386/RPMS/ or > http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/x86_64/RPMS/ > I pudeted the kernel wit centos plus repo, but still nothing happened. This is what i did -I modified the repo file, as it said in the link above. -Then I type "yum --enablerepo=centosplus upgrade kernell*" -And then I even type "yum --enablerepo=centosplus install kernell*" -- ________________________ Dago Pacheco Encargado de Informática Maestranza Makimet Ltda.