Please 'leak' Fedora 8

Tim ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au
Wed Nov 7 10:45:00 UTC 2007


Tim:
>> By comparison, I've observed that network or local hard drive
>> installs take from around 15 to 25 minutes, on average.

Mike Chambers:
> Fresh/clean install.  And the last couple versions have been like
> this.  And they are taking little over an hour to install, and that as
> for around 868 or so packages.  Also an NFS based install via boot.iso
> and the DVD.iso.
> 
> BTW, that is on a 2.8Ghz 1G Memory system. 

That does seem long, but I should have asked how much are you
installing?  Everything but the kitchen sink?  I tend to just do a basic
install, but maybe add about 5 or so packages.  And my systems are a
fraction of that speed.

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