Tim: >> As a comparison, I found an install from RPM files on a hard drive >> (local, or network), did a complete basic install in a bit over 15 >> minutes. But, the process often took over an hour if I used optical >> media. Bill Davidsen: > Either you did a minimal install or something else is happening, I > typically see double that, although my typical install has a LOT of > optional stuff in it. But this is all network install on a virtually > unloaded server with Gbit switched connection. No, not minimal, just the default workstation sort of install (the usual applications, for a graphical desktop). It's varied a bit from that depending on the hardware, some were around 15-20 minutes of installing, some were up to 30 minutes. There's some processing overhead, as well as drive/network speed issues (my network's 10/100, and I don't recall my drive speeds, but it's UDMA66 or 100 on these machines). I found that I spend ages browsing through the choices of what you can install, or opt out of installing. That wastes a lot of time, and even more so when you find that some of your choices undo what you'd already de/selected. Or worse, the install bombs out with some of your choices. Then, on top of that, I find that post install, you do an awful lot of updating. So I figured a basic install, then adding in extras after booting into an installed system was wasting less time (you install additional programs from the latest versions, rather than install old versions then update them straight away). The last three or four installations have proved me right, at least for how my systems are set up. -- (This computer runs FC7, my others run FC4, FC5 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
