Re: [CentOS] [SOLVED] Re: Formatting file system too slow on CentOS

2010-05-17 Thread Christoph Maser
Am Samstag, den 15.05.2010, 09:04 +0700 schrieb David Suhendrik:
 Thanks for the help, a solution to this problem is to update the bios, 
 and after using the newest version of bios I can use AHCI mode on the 
 sata controller, and indeed this is the problem.
 
 But I had to install windows server to update the bios, then installed 
 again using Linux.
 
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 Best regards,
 David
 http://blog.pnyet.web.id
 

Usually you can download a bootable CD Image from HP for BIOS updates. 

Chris


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Re: [CentOS] [SOLVED] Re: Formatting file system too slow on CentOS

2010-05-17 Thread John R Pierce
David Suhendrik wrote:
 Thanks for the help, a solution to this problem is to update the bios, 
 and after using the newest version of bios I can use AHCI mode on the 
 sata controller, and indeed this is the problem.

 But I had to install windows server to update the bios, then installed 
 again using Linux.
   

you can put most windows-only flash updaters and such on a USB stick or 
CD with Hirens Boot or similar, and run them from there.
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