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

Tue Mar 18 23:03:27 UTC 2008
Yu-Hui Jin <yuhui.jin at gmail.com>

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
> > >
> > >
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> --
> Regards,
>
> -Hui




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Regards,

-Hui
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