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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080317/417ec297/attachment-0005.html>