> The common wisdom seems to be that a network install will beat a cd > install simply because the medium is faster, and you do not have ot futz > around with swapping cd's etc.
Not really. By far the most time is taken up by uncompressing the archives and writing a gazillion files to disk. Therefore the main factor in determining how long an install will take is the amount of software selected for installation (and the machine speed of course). As Robert didn't specify, the time given is somewhat meaningless. Keep in mind that a dvdrom drive will read a dvd noticably faster than a cdrom drive reads a cd. Oh, no swapping media either... ;) Downloading 7-8GB might be ok for those on jetstream, on a 128kbit connection it takes a weak and is therefore out. > Ideally information (that includes > documentation, legal files, software et al) should be available online > with good search tools. True, but we all know that this information should also be backed up. Might as well get the 7GB on dvd in the first place. EVeryone has different preferences though, no problem with that. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
