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