inode tables: 207/235 > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of John R Pierce > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 17:44 > To: CentOS mailing list > 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? > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >