Posted by enoch on 2012/4/24 2:44:41

I am using the GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD5 and trying to install CentOS 5.8 on it. I have one hard drive connected to the SATA ports controlled by the AMD southbridge. I have configured the SATA ports to IDE mode. and the BIOS sees the hard drive. But when I try to install CentOS 5.8 I get the following error

"Unable to find any device of the type needed for this installation type."

It also asks for a driver disk, but I have not been able to find Linux drivers for the SATA controller on this motherboard. But I don't think thats the problem. I have seen a few posts on this forum where people use the same motherboard and have been able to install CentOS on it.

If it matters I have also tried to install CentOS 6.2 with the same problem. Any suggestions on what I can do to get CentOS installed? Does anyone know where I can get drivers for this chipset?

Posted by TrevorH on 2012/4/24 10:37:34

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Performance usually sucks with this set!

Do you not have an AHCI choice available for this? It's usually much better.

Posted by enoch on 2012/4/24 18:35:37

Yes I have AHCI mode available and I have tried configuring all ports to AHCI, but had the same problem.

Posted by pschaff on 2012/4/25 10:08:34

Are you using an AFD (Advanced format disk) and if so, are partitions aligned on 4k boundaries?

Edit: Reading back over the thread - looks like I got off on performance and missed the point. If you can't install the format is a moot point. :-/

Can you try booting from a 6.2 LiveCD/DVD and provide more information about your system by running "./getinfo.sh" and showing us the output file?