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 > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 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 -- Guy Fawkes, the only man to enter the house's of Parliament with honest intentions, (he was going to blow them up!) Registered Linux user number 414240