On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 4:35 PM, bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi... > > you might want to look at some of the past threads/sites for centos and > optiplex 300/320 systems from dell... >
Thank you! I will download the threads and grep for this info. -Hui > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf > Of Yu-Hui Jin > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 3:03 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Intel SATA controller (cmiiw) not recognized by > Centos5.1 installation? > > > Anyone can help? > > Many thanks! > > -Hui > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 11:21 PM, Yu-Hui Jin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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@centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > -Hui > > > > -- > Regards, > > -Hui > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Regards, -Hui
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