On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 19:38, eric huff wrote:
> Hi folks,
> I was just about to go to bed, but then though " Ah, i'll just toss the cd
> in and see if it boots ok..."
>
> Well, now i'm installing it. I am using my old 200MHz Pentium, 4Gig hard
> drive, ....
>
> So, is it because i am using an old slow computer that i have long
> (sometimes minutes) delays waiting for the next event? (like when it's
> looking for available packages)
On my P-III 450 the delays were longish, so I'd expect them to be longer
on your machine, yeah. Some of the package stuff can take ages 'cos
there's lots of crossreferences and dependencies to figure (not to
mention just the loading of the package lists)
Richard
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