[Xastir] Still installing. . . . . . .

[Bob Nielsen]

Try a 2.4 GHz P4 with 1 GB RAM, it's MUCH faster!

I believe you said you are installing Debian.  Although it has less
bloat than most distros, it still is much bigger than it used to be. 
You can actually get by without everything that the default
configuration wants to install.  Of course, until you have done it a
few times, it's hard to know what to cut out.  When I installed Debian
on my P133/32MB firewall machine, it took a few hours without
installing X.

Once I did a major upgrade via a 28K dialup connection which took all
night to download and a few hours more to complete the installation. 
Then I compiled a new kernel on the 486, which took most of the next
day.

Be patient, it will be worth the effort.

73,

Bob, N7XY

On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 12:16:55PM 0400, Jacob Tennant wrote:
> Well we are still working on the linux install. PLEASE tell me that this
> doesn't take this long everytime?!?!?!?
> 
> Seriously, I started this install around 1900 eastern time last night and
> the computer has been chugging along all night! Noe it a little past noon
> the next day and it still hasn't finished?
> 
> Screen shows that it is about 50% of the way through "Configuring required
> packages"
> 
> Man, my spring break is over Sunday night so I hope it's finnished by
> then????
> 
> Jacob Tennant - K8JWT
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> 

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