> > > Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 5:10 PM > > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 2:40 AM, Tomas <s.to...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Like the subject implies - I would like to know how long it > > > should take for > > > > a fsck to check a 300GB hdd. I think that my pc's fsck is > > > checking a 300GB > > > > for too long - about 45 minutes. And during install it took > > > approximately > > > > the same amount of time to format it. Is this normal? > > > > > > 45 minutes to run newfs is very excessive. To run fsck > on something > > > that big isn't unreasonable though. 15-30 sec per GB is > normal I'd > > > say. > > > > Agree. I've got the same board with couple of TB of disks and newfs > > was very quick, probably under 1 min (with ~400-500GB slices and 64K > > blocks). > > > > I can't reach it right now so no dmesg, but there's > something definetly > > wrong with the posted dmesg. There should be ahci instead of pciide. > > > > The the OP: Did you set AHCI mode in BIOS? Also, I've had > better luck > > with mp kernel and acpi instead of apm. Try disabling apm in UKC. > > I don't have access to that machine right now, but when I'll > get it, I'll > post about bios settings. > And I want to mention the answer to this thread by Brynet (if > u haven't seen > it).
Yup, I've seen it and I'm confirming it since I have the same motherboard as you do. No need to play with pcibios, just set ahci in bios. Also, acpi + mp kernel worked best for me, you get better interrupt handling and ioapic. With that I'm getting 60MB/sec transfer rates on integrated NIC with samba and giga network. Dmesg following in the evening. > " Hi Tomas, > > Devin Smith mentioned this exact chipset on the list before, > the controller > is supported by ahci(4) by toggling a BIOS option, or manual patching. > > http://www.devinsmith.net/journal/aug_2008.html > http://marc.info/?t=121981912700002&r=1&w=2 > > Also, you might want to try playing with ACPI instead of > apm(4)+pcibios(4).. > only when you have some free time. > > -Brynet > "
