Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 08:54:16 -0700 From: george <george@vagner.com> To: "Charles Burns" <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com>, roddierod@yahoo.com, gibbons@cityline.ru Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Slow pkg install in v4.4, was: !!!!! ERROR IN FREEBSD 4.4RELEASES !!!!! Message-ID: <200202061555.g16Ft1i03551@bedroom1.vagner.com> In-Reply-To: <F123z6QEy0Dll7fnp3e0000134f@hotmail.com> References: <F123z6QEy0Dll7fnp3e0000134f@hotmail.com>
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I see 2 commonaliies here both use plextor px40 cd-rom and adaptec2940. one other OS not mentioned here would lock up frequently when accessing the cd-rom on me. I suspect the cd-rom... On Wednesday 06 February 2002 12:41 am, Charles Burns wrote: > This is a 'Me too' post. I wrote a 4.4 ISO and installed this and that, and > after a few packages were installed, the installer begain taking a very > long time to install the packages. > The installer displays the speed at which data is being read from the disk. > After a while, it said around "940 bytes/sec" IIRC. It was about right. :-) > Oddly, the Linux binary package installed very fast. This has happened with > all installs that I have ever done of 4.4 from several CDs. I've ordered a > pressed copy of 4.5, so we'll see what happens there. > > My applicable configurations: > - Athlon classic 500 on an AMD750 chipset based mobo. > - Dual AthlonMP on Tyan TigerMP mobo. > - Both systems: Plextor PX40TSW 40x wide Ultra-SCSI CD-ROM, one on an > Adaptec 2940UW and one on an Adaptec 29160. > - One system has a Maxtor DM+ hard drive, IDE, connected to the AMD750 > southbridge IDE controller. > - The other system has a Quantum/Maxtor Atlas 10K-III U160SCSI drive > connected to the 29160 controller. > > I remember trying the install with a generic IDE drive, but uselessly I > can't remember what the results were. > > Hopefully this has been fixed in 4.5, presuming it's a FreeBSD problem in > the first place, so that we don't need to worry about it. :-) > > >that wierd I had same problem, it seems like it is doing something > >during the package adds but just has a blue screen with nothing on it > >then pops up "package whatever was installed successfully" > >maybe 4 or 5 minutes for each package. > > > >I left it sit all afternoon and it did finish. > > > >lets get a hardware list from you people and see if we have something in > >common. > > > > > >Here is the system config I had this problem on. > > > >Abit BX6 with latest rev bios and P2 400Mhz, Adaptec 2940 U2W, Seagate > >9 gig LVD 8ms. , Voodoo 3d 16 meg AGP, PNP soundblaster 16, > >Intel FXP 100mb network card. Plextor ancient 4x4x? cd-r writer only, > >Plextor > >40x plain cd-rom on 50 pin bus with writer. > > > >nothing special here. > > > >the cd-r and cd-rom have just been updated via flash to latest revs > >but no change they stil are slow but seem to outlast anything else i got > >even my yamaha. > > > >just my $.02 > > > >anything in common with you guys? > > > >On Tuesday 05 February 2002 06:30 pm, Rod Person wrote: > > > On Mon, 4 Feb 2002 18:54:34 +0300 > > > > > > "Mozgi_na_stene" <gibbons@cityline.ru> wrote: > > > > At me FreeBSD 4.4 RELEASES. At installation of packages there is such > > > > thing: I want to establish all packages what is on a disk, I allocate > > > > them, I press to establish. The pacts begin to be established, all is > > > > good, but passes some time and the packages begin to be established > > > > on very long time; one package will be established, then screen > > > > becomes empty (dark blue background), will pass 1.5 hours the > > > > following > > > >package > > > > > > begins to be established, and so up to the end. For example: I > > > > established 35 packages - 5 hours. > > > > > > > > Why so the packages are long established. > > > > > > If i understand what you are saying that; > > > > > > using /stand/sysinstall you selected 35 packages to install. > > > when you begin the install process it installed one package then the > > > >was > > > > > a long pause 10 minutes or so maybe longer. > > > But everything does install it just takes forever. > > > > > > If that's what your saying I had the same exact problem with 4.4 (but > > > >only > > > > > disk 1). I assumed that it was the fact that I had burned the iso > > > myself and something had gone wrong - what I done know. But I recently > > > had the same problem with 4.5 disk 1, so I assumed it was my machine in > > > that I have a SCSI card that I just installed and since that time my > > > machine > > > >has > > > > > been slow on boot and such, but still works fine. > > > > > > I don't have an answer for you just letting it be know that your not > > > the only one. > > > > > > Rod > > > > > > roddierod@yahoo.com > > > > > > "I'm a character in a world gone wrong!" > > > - Entombed - Returning to Madness > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > >-- > >Everything is an original.... > >2 things cant exist in the same place at the same time. > >So copy machines only make originals. > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Everything is an original.... 2 things cant exist in the same place at the same time. 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