I understand that now but it is poor design. An index and data base of some
kind similar to DARE I SAY IT the windows registry or some other design that
has what is there would be what is needed. There is a long way to go here.
It does not take that long to upgrade a large AS/4000 with a new OS, and
there is a LOT more to depend on.
Thanks to the supersede/prereq/coreq ability of the PTF system.
Something similar and on a smaller scale is needed. It is totally ridiculous
and totally pour to take that lung.
An upgrade should ALWAYS take less time than a new install in a well
designed system in my opinion.
NOTE: I AM NOT saying LINUX is poorly designed, it is not BUT I am saying
that the upgrade process IS POORLY DONE.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 6:57 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] UPDATE from 7.0 to 7.1 is Ridiculously SLOW
>
>
> > Would it be faster if I used the SCSI CD drive (my CD-RW) as the install
> > device?
> > WHY then is it slow on update but faster on new install? The
> hardware does
> > not change.
> > My slower system which has 2 IDE CDROMS is faster by far.
> > My CDROM drives are not on the same cable, they are on the auxiliary IDE
> > controllers. Definitely NOT on the same cable for the IDE and of course
> the
> > SCSI is a different adapter altogether. I don't know what the problem is
> but
> > that is not the answer.
>
>
> Gill
> The drive you are using will have only a minor effect on the time.
> A new install takes roughly an hour wereas an upgrade install can take
> anywhere from 3 to 15 hours to complete.
> When you do a new install all the programs and settings are copied to
> your hd as is, therefore it takes only a short time.
> When you do an upgrade install the installation program must
> check every
> program, setting, dependency,etc., that is currently on your
> system against
> every package on the CD to see if an upgrade is needed, make any needed
> changes and still try not affect any "data" or settings you might have
> entered. The more you have customised, and the more programs you
> have added
> the longer the upgrade will take.
>
> Charles
>
>
