<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Thanks for the response. Unfortunately /dev/hda was unavailable after I tried that.<br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Mogens Kjaer <mk@crc.dk><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 12 August, 2009 6:29:16<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [CentOS] Slow IDE on GeForce 8200 board<br></font><br>On 08/12/2009 01:34 AM, Ian Murray wrote:<br>...<br>> Under Ubuntu (NB the drive was under /dev/sdb under Ubuntu - is
this a clue?!?):-<br><br>Some HP machines have the same symptoms you describe:<br><br>Slow disk IO with CentOS, fast with Fedora.<br><br>The cure is to append<br><br>hda=noprobe hdc=noprobe<br><br>to the startup parameters in /boot/grub/grub.conf.<br><br>Mogens<br>-- <br>Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg A/S, Computer Department<br>Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark<br>Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Mobile: +45 22 12 53 25<br>Email: <a ymailto="mailto:mk@crc.dk" href="mailto:mk@crc.dk">mk@crc.dk</a> Homepage: <a href="http://www.crc.dk" target="_blank">http://www.crc.dk</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>CentOS mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:CentOS@centos.org" href="mailto:CentOS@centos.org">CentOS@centos.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos" target="_blank">http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos</a><br></div></div></div><br>
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