hi... you might want to look at some of the past threads/sites for centos and optiplex 300/320 systems from dell... -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org]On Behalf Of Yu-Hui Jin Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 3:03 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Intel SATA controller (cmiiw) not recognized by Centos5.1 installation? Anyone can help? Many thanks! -Hui On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 11:21 PM, Yu-Hui Jin <yuhui.jin at gmail.com> 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. I also tried to download and install the AHCI driver following this article: http://www.bleedinedge.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30865 But the installation failed; it said The computer does not meet the minimum requirements for installing this software. 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Regards, -Hui -- Regards, -Hui