---------------------------------------- > Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:43:37 +0000 > From: alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > CC: > Subject: Re: slow (s-l-o-w) install > >> Now I'm trying to install F8/x86_64 on it, and the installer is running >> amazingly slowly. It took about ten minutes before the initial graphical > > Probably wrong memory caching in the BIOS. That's a common cause of those > symptoms. If so boot with mem=2G or be patient and once you've got it > installed take a look at /proc/mtrr and that will show which memory the > system marked as cached. If its wrong then you can tweak the settings > and/or beat up the BIOS vendor > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Is this a known fault? Is it documented? If so it may have saved me a lot of diagnostics... _________________________________________________________________ New music from the Rogue Traders - listen now! http://ninemsn.com.au/share/redir/adTrack.asp?mode=click&clientID=832&referral=hotmailtaglineOct07&URL=http://music.ninemsn.com.au/roguetraders
