[CentOS] Intel SATA controller (cmiiw) not recognized by Centos 5.1 installation?

[John Bowden]

On Tuesday 18 March 2008 06:21:43 Yu-Hui Jin wrote:
> Hi, Jason,
>
> Thanks and I tried the first method to start with the parameter, but it was
> extremely slow loading each screen. one time I got to the testing media
> page and i chose Test. and it seemed stuck there for ever so I forced
> shutdown my box.

That's because you are using the drive in IDE mode with a general work 
with "most controllers driver". Might be worth giving it time to finish the 
installation and let CentOS go online and find the correct driver.

>
> I also tried to download and install the AHCI driver following this
> article:
>
> http://www.bleedinedge.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30865
>

Not on line at the moment so can't follow the link at the moment

> But the installation failed; it said The computer does not meet the minimum
> requirements for installing this software.

Sounds like the installation is not finding the correct controller chip, is it 
the correct driver?

>
> It seemed that no trick has worked yet... any new suggestion or advice?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Hui
>
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Jason <jason at jasonandjessi.com> wrote:
> > boot with
> >
> > linux all-generic-ide
> >
> > or try to change your bios sata emulation to ahci
> >
> > Yu-Hui Jin wrote:
> > > Hi, there,
> > >
> > > I tried to install Centos 5.1 on a Dell Inspiron 530 box I just bought,
> > > but failed due to invalid drive. The installation did not recognize
> > > either the DVD nor the hard disk.  Joseph from the community said it is
> > > likely that Centos can't recognize the controller -- Intel SATA
> > > controller (cmiiw).
> > >
> > > Did anyone solve this problem before?  How did you do it?
> > >
> > > Here's the related configuration for my box:
> > > Inspiron 530 Intel Core2 processor Q6600 (2.40Ghz 1066FSB) w/Quad Core
> > > Technology and 8MB cache
> > > SATA 0: Samsung HD501LJ    (500GB Serial ATA II Hard Drive(7200RPM))
> > > SATA 1: PDBS DVD +/- RW DH-16W1S   (16X DVD+/-RW Drive)
> > >
> > >
> > > Many thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > > regards,
> > > -Hui
> > >
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Was there an operating system (M$?) on the machine before you tried to upgrade 
the O/S to CentOS and if so did the controller have access to both drives? 
What is the controller that the drives are connected to?
Regards John

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