-- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00. > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of fred smith > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 16:26 > To: 'CentOS mailing list' > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Install of 5.4 i386 formatting is very slow > > On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 02:16:05PM -0400, Jason Pyeron wrote: > > It is writing an inode every 10 seconds. (1621 inodes in total) > > > > It is a recent Seagate sata HD. > > > > MB=Jetway J7F5M1G2E-VHE-PB > > Is this one of the new 4096-bytes-per-sector Seagate drives? > If so, you need to do some research around the 'net to find > recommended procedures for aligning partitions. without > partitions properly aligned (so that they start on a > 4096-byte boundary) things are said to get veeeerrrrrrry ST3250824AS 250 Gbytes (488,397,168 bytes) 512 byte per sector. > sloooooooowwwwwww (though I have no personal experience of > it, so I can't speak to HOW slow.) > > > -- > ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us > ----------------------------- > But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: > While we were still sinners, > Christ died for us. > ------------------------------- Romans 5:8 (niv) > ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >