UPDATE AFTER BEING REFERRED TO #FEDORA: I got problems connecting my sata harddisk to my pc after upgrading the motherboard, hope someone can help me. Details: http://pastebin.ca/41636 Madsret: It's a LVM issue Perhaps you're missing the initrd. Did you change the kernel when transfering from working to non-working state? im not experienced, lvm? i dont think i changed the kernel either So could it be the initrd? uhmm, it's not lvm issue lvm problem is just an after math of being unable to see the drives/controller Well it does show the linux bootup menu with all kernels displayed if i press enter..so the hd is properly connected doesn't matter lilo/grub will still load the kernel regardless the kernel/initrd itself doesn't have the drivers for your new mobosata controller sure. redo the initrd/kernel to include support for your new mobo sata controller alright, how to do that? uhmm, you boot using the old mobo, then you consult #fedora