James B. Byrne wrote: ... > At boot: > > linux acpi=off I use: linux pci=nomsi,nommconf hda=noprobe hdc=noprobe for the DC7[78]00 machines when installing CentOS. The last two are needed to get the right driver for the SATA drives, else the disks are extremely slow. They need to be added to grub.conf after installation as well. Mogens -- Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg A/S, Computer Department Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Fax: +45 33 27 47 08 Email: mk@xxxxxx Homepage: http://www.crc.dk _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos