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Date:      Wed, 6 Feb 2002 21:53:21 -0500
From:      Rod Person <roddierod@yahoo.com>
To:        george <george@vagner.com>
Cc:        burnscharlesn@hotmail.com, gibbons@cityline.ru, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Slow pkg install in v4.4, was:  !!!!! ERROR IN FREEBSD 4.4RELEASES !!!!!
Message-ID:  <20020206215321.3e2356bf.roddierod@yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <200202061555.g16Ft1i03551@bedroom1.vagner.com>
References:  <F123z6QEy0Dll7fnp3e0000134f@hotmail.com> <200202061555.g16Ft1i03551@bedroom1.vagner.com>

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here is my list....

Pentium II 400
Via Chipset VT82c693
Adaptec 1542CP SCSI card 
Number 9 SR9 8Meg AGP card (SAVAGE 4)
2 x DEC RZ29B 4GB SCSI-2 
1 Seagate ST36451A 6.1GB IDE drive
Ricoh 7060 SCSI CD-R/RW
HP 32x IDE cdrom



On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 08:54:16 -0700
george <george@vagner.com> wrote:
> 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
> > > >
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> > >Everything is an original....
> > >2 things cant exist in the same place at the same time.
> > >So copy machines only make originals.
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> -- 
> Everything is an original....
> 2 things cant exist in the same place at the same time.
> So copy machines only make originals.



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