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 Sent on the Now Network? from my Sprint?? BlackBerry
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/
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 ------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/ Sent on the Now Network? from my Sprint?? BlackBerry
Thank you for the help and info! ------Original Message------ From: Lanny Marcus Sender: centos-bounces at centos.org To: CentOS mailing list ReplyTo: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Laptop hd incorrect 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. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Sent on the Now Network? from my Sprint?? BlackBerry