> -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Pyeron > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 17:32 > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Install of 5.4 i386 formatting is very slow > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Benjamin Franz > > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 17:12 > > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Install of 5.4 i386 formatting is very slow > > > > On 05/06/2010 11:16 AM, 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 Why is my SATA drive showing up under /dev/hdb? > > > > > What do you get from running 'iostat -kx 5' (be sure to wait > > until the second report) while the formatting is running? > > > > This is running faster than during the install ( I have done > a yum update now at > 2.6.18-164.15.1.el5) > > Middle (inode tables: 130/235) of format on 23G logical > volume [bit erratic?]: > > avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle > 0.26 0.00 99.74 0.00 0.00 0.00 > > Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rkB/s wkB/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util SATA hard disk: > hdb 0.00 1852.62 0.00 46.86 0.00 7493.19 319.82 2.73 58.34 20.44 95.76 > hdb1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 > hdb2 0.00 1852.62 0.00 46.86 0.00 7493.19 319.82 2.73 58.34 20.44 95.76 > dm-0 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.05 0.00 4.19 8.00 0.03 27.25 27.00 2.83 > dm-1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 USB Thumb drive > sda 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 > sda1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 > dm-2 0.00 0.00 0.00 1898.43 0.00 7593.72 8.00 201.75 106.27 0.50 95.76 > -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - 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.