At Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:07:17 +0000 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > > Thanks for the reply! Looking at the specs the hd is sata. Also the > documents for rhel are they the same for centos? I'm looking for items > to help me learn/gain knowledge. Yes, the docs for RHEL also apply to CentOS. CentOS is binary compatible with RHEL. > > Thank You > Cody > ------Original Message------ > From: Robert Heller > Sender: centos-bounces at centos.org > To: CentOS mailing list > Cc: CentOS at centos.org > ReplyTo: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Laptop hd incorrect > Sent: Aug 12, 2009 1:19 PM > > At Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:40:11 +0000 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello > > > > I'm new to linux and am trying to install centos 5.3 on my laptop > > and it has an ata drive but centos does not see the had or cdrom. > > Googleing does not give me much to check. The laptop is a hp-g60 249wm, > > latest bios update. The bios does not have any ability to change drive > > information. The bios basically allows me to only set time, date and > > boot item. Any advice or direction is appreciated! > > Is the drive IDE (PATA) or SATA? If SATA, you will need a proper SATA > driver. As a *guess* (which worked for the SATA controller on my > desktop motherboard), try adding the 'irqpoll' kernel parameter: > > Boot: linux irqpoll > > > > > Thank you > > Cody > > Sent on the Now Network™ from my Sprint® BlackBerryMIME-Version: 1.0 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/