[CentOS] Install of 5.4 i386 formatting is very slow
Jason Pyeron
jpyeron at pdinc.us
Thu May 6 22:29:24 UTC 2010
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of John R Pierce
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 17:44
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> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Install of 5.4 i386 formatting is very slow
>
> Tim Nelson wrote:
> > ----- "Jason Pyeron" <jpyeron at pdinc.us> wrote:
> >
> >> Why is my SATA drive showing up under /dev/hdb?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Check your BIOS and set the SATA controller mode to
> 'NATIVE'. Right now, I'd be willing to bet it's in 'Legacy'
> or something similar which causes the drives to run in IDE
> mode, hence why your drive shows up as hdb instead of sdb.
> This translated legacy mode is horribly slow.
> >
>
> it shouldn't be as slow as it is if its using IDE UltraDMA. but its
> using IDE PIO, which *is* horribly slow. I wonder if the
> SATA chipset
> this board uses is unsupported?
>
>
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