Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:13:06 +0200 From: "Rob van der List" <rob@salesint.com> To: <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Installing 4.3 from ISO Message-ID: <000801c11684$ba91dc60$6600000a@salesint.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C11695.7DF17980 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey there, Is there a problem with the 4.3 installer which makes it really slow? = See below for problem discription... I downloaded the FreeBSD 4.3 image through ftp with getright which = segmented it into 8 segments, then I burned it to CD (12speed) and ran = the install. At first it went very fast, only when I came to the /usr or = the /bin (don't exactly remember... one of both) installation it was = only reading at like 20kByte/s (indicated by installer) first I thought = it might be the CD so I went back to the ftp and downloaded it with = CuteFTP this time so it wouldn't be segmented and burned at 8speed this = time (same CD brand/type) but this install does exactly the same, some = stuff just goes plain slow. So I booted into windows but this can copy = the entire CD to HDD in like 12mins which is a fairly reasonable time = for my CD player to copy a full (650MB) CD. So it can't be any read = problems. Also I got slackware 8 ISO's and burned them at 12speed (again = same CD brand/type all burned in the same recorder also) and the = slackware installer (just estimating here) copies with around 2MByte/s = (estimated by time it takes to install packages, it does give the size = of the packages). Some parts of the FreeBSD install go with 1 to = 1.5MBytes a sec but some parts of the install only do 20kBytes/s. The CD = player is an A-Open 52X (in all cases again) on a P-II 400 with 128MB = RAM and a 3GB Seagate HDD. The HDD and CD-ROM each have their own = controller (HDD pri mas CD sec slave) the mainboard is an abit BH6 which = is a fairly standard BX mainboard. Where it comes down to is that I can = easily install slackware in around 40 mins (without setting it up = ofcourse just copying n selecting packages n stuff) while FreeBSD takes = me 2 1/2 to 3 hours..... kind regards, Ferry van Steen ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C11695.7DF17980 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hey there,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Is there a problem with the 4.3 = installer which=20 makes it really slow? See below for problem discription...</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I downloaded the FreeBSD 4.3 image = through ftp with=20 getright which segmented it into 8 segments, then I burned it to CD = (12speed)=20 and ran the install. At first it went very fast, only when I came to the = /usr or=20 the /bin (don't exactly remember... one of both) installation it was = only=20 reading at like 20kByte/s (indicated by installer) first I thought it = might be=20 the CD so I went back to the ftp and downloaded it with CuteFTP this = time so it=20 wouldn't be segmented and burned at 8speed this time (same CD = brand/type) but=20 this install does exactly the same, some stuff just goes plain slow. So = I booted=20 into windows but this can copy the entire CD to HDD in like 12mins which = is a=20 fairly reasonable time for my CD player to copy a full (650MB) CD. So it = can't=20 be any read problems. Also I got slackware 8 ISO's and burned them at = 12speed=20 (again same CD brand/type all burned in the same recorder also) and the=20 slackware installer (just estimating here) copies with around 2MByte/s=20 (estimated by time it takes to install packages, it does give the size = of the=20 packages). Some parts of the FreeBSD install go with 1 to 1.5MBytes a = sec but=20 some parts of the install only do 20kBytes/s. The CD player is an A-Open = 52X (in=20 all cases again) on a P-II 400 with 128MB RAM and a 3GB Seagate HDD. The = HDD and=20 CD-ROM each have their own controller (HDD pri mas CD sec slave) the = mainboard=20 is an abit BH6 which is a fairly standard BX mainboard. Where it comes = down to=20 is that I can easily install slackware in around 40 mins (without = setting it up=20 ofcourse just copying n selecting packages n stuff) while FreeBSD takes = me 2 1/2=20 to 3 hours.....</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>kind regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ferry van Steen</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C11695.7DF17980-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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