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Jerry Feldman wrote: > And certainly "acpi=off" > But, I don't think this is the problem. One reason I suggested a hard > disk install is to limit the I/O to a single channel. Good point, and although the OP is getting into an area of diminishing returns, this I/O problem might relate to the transition from the legacy IDE driver to the ATA driver (libata) in modern kernels. Read more about it here: http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html Though 2008 should be well past the transition point (that article was last updated in 2007, but I think the transition started years before that), with fewer people using the legacy IDE driver, there may have been regressions introduced, or the newer libata might not have been adequately tested with the old IDE hardware. (It sounds like libata is only used for SATA hardware, so assuming you're using PATA, the old IDE driver should be in use.) If this is the case, you might be able to use Jerry's suggested technique to kick off an install from a running Linux environment built using the older distribution you found to work. Then patch up the new installation with a custom kernel using the older IDE driver. Or add an IDE (with a different chipset) or SATA controller card, or switch to USB storage. -Tom -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA "Enterprise solutions through open source." Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/
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