I wonder which ide channels are the hard drives and the cdrom on. sure is a long time though. On Thursday 26 July 2001 15:42, mooseman wrote: > 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 **
