CentOS - Aug 2009 - Laptop hd incorrect

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!

Thank you
Cody
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At Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:40:11 +0000 CentOS mailing list <centos at
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> 
> 
> 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
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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.

Thank You
Cody
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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
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> 
>                                                  
-- 
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/
                             



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Thank you for the help and info!
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Sent: Aug 12, 2009 2:45 PM

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:07 PM, <chandlercody at gmail.com>
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.
Should be binary equivalent with RHEL, so the upstream documentation
for RHEL should be fine. There may be some differences in the updating
procedures, but other than that, I think it should be the same. If I'm
wrong, someone more knowledgeable, hopefully will jump in and correct
me.

Suggest you download the Live CD and burn that and test it on your
laptop to see if it is going to work OK on your HW. It can be
problematic on a laptop, especially if it is very new.
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