> -----Original Message----- > From: Behalf Of John R Pierce > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 17:44 > 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. > > The bios gave me a choice of IDE/RAID, RAID=kernel panic. Next setting was to disable OnChip IDE Channel1, no increase in speed. Re-installing. > > 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? How should I check? -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - 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.