Need help on sloooow Linux install

I'm experiencing extremely slow performance when I try to install 64 bit Linux (so far I've tried SuSE 9.0 x86-64 and Gentoo AMD64 031221). Screen redraws just creep along and IO is terrible (it takes about 4+ hours just to load disk 1 of SuSE).
I have not had this problem at all with 32 bit OSes (Knoppix Linux, Xandros Linux, Win XP).
Anybody got a clue what's going on here? It's driving me nuts. Here's my setup:
K8T Master2-FAR mobo (BIOS 1.1) with dual Opteron 248's and 512x2 Infineon PC2700 registered ECC CAS 2.5 RAM. Video is a GeForce 4 Ti 4400. Power supply is a 350W something-or-other.
Kernel options I've tried (all at once or various combos)
"apm=off acpi=off idebus=50 agpgart"
Legacy USB support is off.
Help! Is my mobo bad? I've tried different RAM, no change. I've tried text mode installs vs GUI, no change. Ack!

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Originally posted by FriedMutant
I'm experiencing extremely slow performance when I try to install 64 bit Linux (so far I've tried SuSE 9.0 x86-64 and Gentoo AMD64 031221). Screen redraws just creep along and IO is terrible (it takes about 4+ hours just to load disk 1 of SuSE).
Try kernel 2.6.1; there have been quite a few fixes in iommu, agpgart and smp code for x86_64 recently.
Also, try pulling a CPU and reboot, if the problem goes away, then you know it is smp code and my first comment will be useful
What kind of drives are you using??
err!
jak

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