Preupgrade is slow

[Patrick Bartek]

--- On Sat, 5/29/10, W.H. Kalpa Pathum <callkalpa at gmail.com> wrote:

> Patrick Bartek <bartek047 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > --- On Sat, 5/29/10, W.H. Kalpa Pathum <callkalpa at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I'm trying to upgrade F12 to F13 and I'm using
> >> preupgrade-cli. Al
> >> though my internet connection is capable to
> transfer around
> >> 50kB/s,
> >> the preupgrade downloads files with around 20kB/s.
> Further
> >> it hangs a
> >> long times after a file is downloaded to begin the
> next
> >> file
> >> downloading. It's not packages but the files prior
> to that
> >> like
> >>
> >> [snip]
> >
> > The slowness (and stalls) is most likely due to the
> servers being overloaded by tens of thousands of users like
> you trying to preupgrade and upgrading on line.  Be
> patient.  Start your preupgrade before you go to bed, and
> when you get up in the morning it should be finished.  Or
> just wait a month until the rush is over.
> 
> Thanks. I did as you instructed and the next day when I got
> up it has
> downloaded all the files and asked me to reboot.
> Now on F13 :-)

Happy to help.  Glad everything worked out well for you.

Remember patience is a virtue.  But when it comes to computers, it's more a necessity. ;-)

B