I forgot to say that the 17 hours included getting all my other stuff
reinstalled as well... I think the system itself would have been closer to
what you said...
But even with that, it's still a depressingly slow way of doing an install...
Dan.
>17 hours! Wow. I have installed System software 4 or 5 times recently over
>the serial AppleTalk connection. Takes from 2 to 3 hours. Yes, I used custom
>install but for some reason it doesn't seem to work -- every expension is
>installed anyway. However, it is not even closer to the 17 hours you
>experienced.
>
>Igor
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