By the way, I have my Samsung DVD Burner 22X SH-S223Q hooked up to a SATA port. (it is a SATA HD).
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 4:20 PM, David Heinrich <dh0...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm installing OpenBSD AMD64 current (4.5) as of 12/19/2009 12:11:00 > PM. I am at the step where it says "Getting base45.tgz"..it started > out saying it would require 40 or more minutes and seems to be > transferring data from the CD to hard-drive at a rate of 20 KB/sec. > Why is it going so slow? > > My DVD/CD drive has a DVD read-speed of 16X and a CD-ROM read speed of > 48X. Given that, a trnasfer rate of 20 KB/sec seems awfully slow...am > I missing something? > > MY HARDWARE INFO: > > Motherboard : Asus Intel P45 1600 FSB 4x DDR2 Core 2 Duo ATX P5Q-E > RAM : OCZ TechnologyDDR2 PC2-6400 800MHz 8GB Quad Kit (OCZ2G8008GQ) > Hard Drive : 1TB WD1001FALS SATA 7200RPM 32MB HDD Bare drive > CPU : INTEL Core 2 Quad Q9550 BX80569Q95502.83ghz > GPU : MSI Radeon HD4670 PCIE-512MB DDR3 Dual VGA/DVI (R46702D512) > PSU : 1050W Revolution 85+ PSU ATX12V Version 2.3 80PLUS Silver > Monitor : Sony GDM-F520 (CRT) > DVD Drive (Internal) : Samsung DVD Burner 22X SH-S223Q > CF Reader : CARD READER ROSEWILL|RCR-102 RTL > USB DVD Drive : a LaCie Lightscribe drive (disconnected from workstation) > Keyboard : Northgate Omnikey Evolution > Monitor : Sony gdm-f520 > -- Social sciences can never use experience to verify their statements -- Ludwig von Mises
