Am Freitag, 24. November 2006 11:39 schrieb Klaus Kaempf: > * Marcel Hilzinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Nov 24. 2006 11:23]: > > I just saw, that YaST estimates Installlation time to be 45 minutes. This > > seems too long (from DVD). Older versions installed within 30 minutes or > > below. Installation seems faster than 45 min, however. > > > > Wrong estimation? > > Hardly. The 'extimation' is done by timing actual package installs - thats > why you don't get a time estimation during the first couple of packages. > > Time to install a package is influenced by > - reading from CD/DVD/Network > - unpacking the RPM > - writing to disk > - running pre/post scripts > > So its almost guaranteed to be somewhat wrong - always ;-) Yes, but it would be better to be wrong the other way round. So saying it takes 30 minutes and doing it within 35 minutes is better, than saying it takes 45 minutes and it's done within 35.
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