> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jason Pyeron
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 18:39
> To: 'CentOS mailing list'
> Subject: Re: Install of 5.4 i386 formatting is very slow
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Behalf Of John R Pierce
> > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 17:44
> > Subject: Re: Install of 5.4 i386 formatting is very slow
> >
> > Tim Nelson wrote:
> > > ----- "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.
> > >
>
> 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?
>
Well I put the drive in a usb 2.0 enclosure, formatted in just a few seconds.
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