Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 13:09:14 +0530 From: "Gautham Ganapathy" <gautham.ganapathy@wipro.com> To: "Charles Burns" <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions @ FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Slow Installation Message-ID: <002e01c152f0$fdb523a0$d702a8c0@GAUTHAM> References: <F1843edi5mwWH7mrGob00004ad4@hotmail.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit hi i don't think it is a cd-drive problem. i have installed nt,98,linux from it. generally takes 20 minutes for nt and linux and around 30 for 98. the linux installation is around 1.3 GB compared to the base FreeBSD installation of 300 MB. the drive generally gives me consistently good performance. i have also had a similar problem with x. it would give an error installing X. i would give click ok. when it gave an option to abort or continue, select continue. ot would go ahead and install other packages. when it reached a package which had X as a dependency, it would successfully install X. strange. one thing is that when booting, freebsd gives an error that ata2-slave, ata3master and ata3-slave timed out. this is probably due to the onboard promise ata-100 controller in addition to the ata-66 that i normally use. I have disabled this in the bios. will this controller give a problem ? any ideas ? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Burns" <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com> To: <gautham.ganapathy@wipro.com> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 11:49 AM Subject: Re: Slow Installation > I've seen this alot with certain models of CD drive. 52 does not mean fast, > necessarily. For example, a Plextor 40X ultra-wide SCSI drive can outperform > almost every other drive in most situations. > One thing many drives do is read data, spin-down if ANY pause occurs, and > then spin back up to read more data. In many cases, certain drives will > spend about 90% of their time spinning down and back up rather than reading. > This is especially bad with drives designed to hold off on reading data > until reaching full speed (or close) > Many drives seem to be optimized for the fastest possible linear reads, such > as reading large files or CD audio that don't cause the head to move much. > For scattered data, the spindle speed of the CD-ROM doesn't really matter > much--it's the access time and whether or not the drive maintains its top > speed. > > Many faster drives, Kenwood TrueX drives not included, spin down very > quickly after hitting their top speed. To protect the motor from burning > out, to prevent the CD from getting very hot or vibrating, or just to reach > a high speed for a short time for marketing reasons--I do not know. > > Does your drive seem to whir faster and slower, especially when installing > the ports collection? > You might try using a different CD-ROM drive. What brand is yours? I may be > able to find the specs. > > Another thing it may be-- > I have occasionally had problem installing X 3.36 from the CD during regular > installation. (Whether this is just me or not, I do not know) Sometimes I > will get data errors from any CD drive that reads it, and sometimes it will > try to read a file, pause for 4-7 minutes, and read another file. Very > strange. > > Try not installing anything from the X branch during the regular install > (use ports) > I wouldn't normally suggest this, but this has happened to me with 4 > versions of FreeBSD and with 3 CD-ROM drives, 2 SCSI and one IDE. I have no > idea why. > > >I am installing from a 52x cdrom drive. cd is from the wind-river 4-cd > >pack. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Denny Jodeit" <denny@jodeit.com> > >To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> > >Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 10:04 AM > >Subject: Re: Slow Installation > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > > Installation of freebsd seems to take very long on my system. The > >base > > > > > installation (300M) had to be left overnight for it to be complete. > >Is > > > > there > > > > > any way of speeding it up. I have and Athlon 850,8GB hdd and 256 MB > >RAM > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > Gautham > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In my pentium 200 MMX with a 24x cdrom it last between 10 - 20 > >minutes, > > > > something is wrong with your machine. > > > > > > > > > > > > > not necessarily.......if the installation in question is an FTP > >installation > > > and the path to the FTP server chosen is slow, this is not uncommon > > > > --------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary Content-Type: text/plain; name="Wipro_Disclaimer.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Wipro_Disclaimer.txt" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information transmitted by this E-MAIL is proprietary to Wipro and/or its Customers and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. 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