At Thu, 6 May 2010 17:37:19 -0400 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > > > -----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? Your motherboard is running in IDE emulation mode and exposing the SATA drives as IDE drives. Many motherboards have this mode to make things 'easier' for certain older O/Ss. > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- Get the Deepwoods Software FireFox Toolbar! Deepwoods Software -- Linux Installation and Administration http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Web Hosting, with CGI and Database heller at deepsoft.com -- Contract Programming: C/C++, Tcl/Tk