Re: Install of 5.4 i386 formatting is very slow

[Tim Nelson <tnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- "Jason Pyeron" <jpyeron@xxxxxxxx> 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.

Tim Nelson
Systems/Network Support
Rockbochs Inc.
(218)727-4332 x105
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