On 9/24/07, Kenneth Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 13:35 -0700, Robert Lewis wrote: > > I took all the defaults after installing the DVD I d/l and cut. > > > > However, the majority of the installation seems to > > be coming off the net instead of the DVD which > > is painfully slow. Over 4-hrs so far and not even > > close to finishing. > > > > I suspect I should have said NO to the early question > > about installation repositories. Is this correct? > > This is precisely why it is taking a long time. One of the installation > repositories is factory which has newer packages so they will download > from there. > > > > > If so why not reverse the logic so that the DVD is > > the first place to look for RPMS on install and > > get updates at the end of the installation. > > It does, it's just that factory has newer versions. > > -- > Ken Schneider > UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You are absolutely correct in your response which I appreciated. However, it is my opinion that the human interface is not clear and as such one can fall into an unexpected trap. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
