Those same CD's have loaded very quickly on other box's,, so I am left assuming its probably the cdrom that made it so slow.. oh well.. its loaded and running now anyways.. rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of mooseman Sent: Friday, 27 July 2001 3:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] test box took 5.75 hours to load mandrake.. X-RebelTech Is Here: www.rebeltech.ca MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit where did your cd come from? was it downloaded and then burnt from a winblows box? in the past i have had things like that happen when i got a cd that was written using packet writing (ie: direct cd). a lot of older cdroms don't like packet technology and will either barf right away or slug away at it and read the disc _really slow_ just a thought anyways. On Thursday 26 July 2001 16:29, you wrote: > It was Fri, 27 Jul 2001 01:12:27 +0800 when Franki wrote: > > Hi Frank. > That amount of time is definitely NOT normal. On my old P/II-400 (128Mb) it > took about 45 minutes. On a 200mhz it will take some longer but never 6 > hours. Perhaps someone else can shed light on the problem though. > Paul > > >I just did an install on a test box I have here,, the box details are: > > > >CPU: Pentium Pro 200, > >RAM: 64mb EDO. > >MB: FX Chipset. > >Harddisks: 4.3 gig Maxtor, and 1.03 gig Seagate. > >CDROM: 24speed IDE Sony. > >Video: S3 Virge 2mb. > >I did a total install of Mandrake 7.2, and it just finished copying files, > >it took nearly 6 hours. > > > >is that normal?? > > -- > The universe is ruled by letting things take their course. > It cannot be ruled by interfering. > -Chinese proverb > > http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 > Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.5.1 > ** http://www.care2.com - when you care **
