On Mon, 2015-01-26 at 00:17 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > I remember that it took hours to install Fedora with a large package > selection set. All the constant updating of the RPM database, with > each installed package, burns up a lot of time. I didn't think it updated/checked with each package as it went through, it did a lot of data churning about dependencies, etc., before doing the pack installation. It might spend a minute or two thinking about what it was going to do (at least it did, for me, since I didn't install much, and didn't change much beyond the defaults). Loading lots of little files from CDs and DVDs is slow, you have a device with a comparatively slow seek speed, and a none-too-fast data transfer speed. That's where loading a big disc image blob from a DVD makes a big improvement to speed. -- tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.17.8-200.fc20.i686 #1 SMP Fri Jan 9 00:01:03 UTC 2015 i686 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
