--- In linux@yahoogroups.com, Scott <scottro@...> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 06:05:51PM -0000, Thad Floryan wrote:
> > --- In linux@yahoogroups.com, "Allen D. Tate" <atate@> wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > FWIW, I've been messing with CentOS 5.2 and I'm liking it very
much.
> > > I've been messing with Ubuntu but CentOS so far seems to be
working a
> > > bit better. http://www.centos.org/
> >
> > Be aware the CentOS 5.2 Live CD won't boot on a system with SATA
drives.
> > I had to file a bugzilla about that and last I read (November 27,
2008)
> > it hasn't been fixed yet.
>
> That's interesting, I had no trouble installing the normal CD on SATA.

As I cited in the bugzilla, the CentOS Live CD problem originated as
far back as Fedora 7, and probably earlier. Whatever it is that collects
everything together for the live CD is including ages-ago software
that is not current with the latest release.

A copy of the bugzilla I filed can be read here:

<http://thadlabs.com/FILES/CentOS_5.2_Live_CD_problem.txt>

I suspect the driver(s) in the Live CD ISO simply don't support SATA
whereas the ones on the install CD do support SATA.

I've tried the CentOS 5.2 Live CD on over 10 other new desktops since
filing the bugzilla and experienced the same problem with all. The
CentOS 5.2 Live CD does boot and work fine on any of my old Dell
laptops.