[KLUG Members] Curiosity ? re: average or clinical length oftime for a RH (7.3) install to complete ...

[Bruce Smith]

> >Hee Hee.  Right now it is still churning away (estimated total time to be
> >7:25:26 and am at the 6:09:20 point).
> Perhaps if you look at some of the other displays (Alt-F2, Alt-F3, etc.) there 
> might be some useful eror message[s] there...

You'll have to add a CTRL the first time to get it out of 
X-Windows mode.  i.e.   CTRL-ALT-F1

> >Nope, not a slow CDROM drive ... but I do think something is amiss here!
> >LOL!  I'm going to wait until it completes installing, then do some snooping
> >around in regards to the CDROM issue.
> It may NEVER complete....

Is it actually doing anything besides running the time counter?

Is it package name it's currently installing changing, or is it 
stuck on the same package? Are the CD/HDD access light flickering?

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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