On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:20:07 -0500 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? Can't really say without a full dmesg, but maybe DMA support is missing for your SATA controller. Send a full dmesg, or check the DMA status on the "pciide* at" lines. Eric.