On 17/01/07, Don Levey <centos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 2007-01-17 at 10:37 -0500, Don Levey wrote: > No go, unfortunately. Even under factory settings, using promise_sata (and > promise_sx4, for that matter), CentOS 4.4 won't install. Time for a new > board, I guess. > -Don > One last thing ... try a bios upgrade to the latest from the manufacturer
Already at version 401 (the latest from ASUS). They *do* offer a VIA SATA driver for Linux, and that may help if I can get it on the install DVD.
Will FC3 or later install on it? It's possible (though no doubt a bunch of work) to hack together an installer with extended/custom device support in its initrd. Of course then you'd need to ensure the installed kernel had similar extended functionality/updated hardware support. You could always try the latest FC variant until CentOS 5 is available then try rebuilding the server with that? And with that in mind you could layout your partitions accordingly so any custom data is still local even after a reinstall. Will. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
