thanks guys, installed fc5 with the nodmraid option just another question out of topic if you don't mind : ) why would the bios not detect the hard disks when set raid in the bios (connected in sata1 and sata2 ports) and detect them when set as IDE Thanks again hicham _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list