It is writing an inode every 10 seconds. (1621 inodes in total) It is a recent Seagate sata HD. MB=Jetway J7F5M1G2E-VHE-PB -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - 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.
Joseph L. Casale
2010-May-06 18:27 UTC
[CentOS] Install of 5.4 i386 formatting is very slow
>It is writing an inode every 10 seconds. (1621 inodes in total) > >It is a recent Seagate sata HD. > >MB=Jetway J7F5M1G2E-VHE-PBNot at all surprising on that mobo, u really need CentOS on that puny thing?
On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 02:16:05PM -0400, 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-PBIs this one of the new 4096-bytes-per-sector Seagate drives? If so, you need to do some research around the 'net to find recommended procedures for aligning partitions. without partitions properly aligned (so that they start on a 4096-byte boundary) things are said to get veeeerrrrrrry sloooooooowwwwwww (though I have no personal experience of it, so I can't speak to HOW slow.) -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ------------------------------- Romans 5:8 (niv) ------------------------------
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 >What do you get from running 'iostat -kx 5' (be sure to wait until the second report) while the formatting is running? -- Benjamin Franz