Mark Quitoriano wrote: > Hi, > > how did you install centos using SATA drive? or you installed it first > with PATA then install the SATA? It installed okay, just the drives were really slow. I may have found another solution to this though. I was working with another VIA board this week and the solution was to set the SATA to legacy IDE in the bios (if possible) and then pass "all-generic-ide" to the kernel which allowed me to detect the drives properly. -Mike