[CentOS] Install of 5.4 i386 formatting is very slow

On 05/07/2010 08:41 AM, Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote:
...
> I have seen this problem solved by just adding ide0-noprobe ideprobe=0
> to the kernel line in the menu.lst of grub at least in in some model
> of HP desktops. adn a reboot of course.
>
> I have seen performance jump from 10MB/s to 50+MB/s in the hdparm -tT
> /dev/<devname>
>
> No bios changes/upgrades etc.
>

I've got the same experience with HP DC7800 and DC7900's.

CentOS needs these boot options, newer Fedora's don't.

Mogens

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