On Saturday 25 November 2006 13:20, Wade Hampton wrote: > The last couple of days, I upgraded two computers from FC4->FC6 and one > from FC5->FC6. > They all took 4-5 hours or more to upgrade. > > AMD 2800, FC4->FC6, via 10T network, took about 4 hours > AMD x86_64 3000 desktop, FC4->FC6, images on local hard disk, about 3 > hours > AMD x86_64 3200 laptop, FC5->FC6, images on local disk (VFAT), about 20 > hours > > Any idea why it is taking so long to perform upgrades. I have been doing > RH/Fedodra > updates for many, many years and have never had delays like this, > especially how > long it took to update the laptop. > > Also, I have an old 600Mhz computer that I tried to upgrade from FC3->FC6, > but gave up > after a few hours. I am wondering what I should put on that machine (128M > only, > maybe fresh install of FC6 or just use Knoppix or DSL?). DSL rocks on a limited machine I am running DSL on a 486 100 MHZ box with 128 MG ram ...it's fast > > Any help would be most appreciated. > > Cheers, > -- > Wade Hampton
