Re: [suse-sparc] Suse 7.3 for Sparc 4m

[Nick Thompson]

My experience is similar.   My Ultra 2 (2x300Mhz processors) "only" took about an hour to complete. My SS-5 (110Mhz processor) took about 2 hours with OEM CD-reader. My SS-20 (55 Mhz processor) took something like 4-6 hours with OEM CD-reader.   My SCSI reader reads CD-R's much much much better than the OEM CD-reader which has a lot of difficulty reading CD-R's.  You may want to try burning to another "kind" of CD-R (I have really good luck with the older blue/green style CD-R's).     ----- Original Message ----- From: Witvliet, Hans To: 'Iron Panther' ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 8:58 AM Subject: RE: [suse-sparc] Suse 7.3 for Sparc 4m Hi Karl,   It could take a long time, from my experience, it mainly depends on two factors: - firstly, the speed of you cd-drive, if you're blessed with a "original" drive (double or quad speed), you're in for a long ride.  My eyes popped out when i accidentally used my cd-burner, that reads at 32-fold speed. - secondly, the speed of your cpu (you didn't mention what kind of sun, just 4M) The final part, in which the system tries to makes sense of loaded software and present hardware, can take a lot of time. When installing an Ultra you might have a coffee break, when doing an LX whith a 30MHz cpu, i would suggest you plan and perform a five-star banquet...   Greetings, Hans!     -----Original Message----- From: Iron Panther [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: donderdag 7 november 2002 0:39 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [suse-sparc] Suse 7.3 for Sparc 4m Is it just me, or does the installation seem to take a VERY long time?  I started the install at around 4pm.  It's at 80% right now, and this is just the default sets (with the GUI).   -------------------------------- Karl E. Morris Unix Administrator & Computer Geek