> -----Original Message----- > From: Rajagopal Swaminathan > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 2:42 > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Install of 5.4 i386 formatting is very slow > > Greetings, > > On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 3:08 AM, Joseph L. Casale > <jcasale at activenetwerx.com> wrote: > >>Why is my SATA drive showing up under /dev/hdb? > > > > > I have seen this problem solved by just adding ide0-noprobe > ideprobe=0 to the kernel line in the menu.lst of grub at > least in in some model of HP desktops. adn a reboot of course. >From dmesg: Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 ide0-noprobe ideprobe=0 ide_setup: ide0-noprobe -- BAD OPTION ide_setup: ideprobe=0 -- BAD OPTION -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00.