[wplug] Net Installs

[Mackenzie Morgan]

On Sat, 2008-08-09 at 21:21 -0400, ssc1478 wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 21:28:18 -0400
> "Will Rodina" <wrodina at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Probably less than that; depends on how much "stuff" you want to
> > install. I've done basic installs of Debian on a 1.5 Mbit DSL line
> > that took less than an hour. A lot can factor into it, YMMV.
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 8:03 AM, Weber, Lawrence A
> > <laweber at switch.com> wrote:
> > > I have pretty typical Internet service at home (Comcast).  It takes
> > > about an hour and a half to download a 3.3G .iso file.
> > >
> > > If I were to do an net installation of Linux, about how long would
> > > you expect it to take?
> 
> I've been installing Mandriva this way for years.  It always took 2 - 4
> hours. Most recently I've installed Ubuntu from CD, and even that takes
> 2 - 3 hours since the first thing you do is get all the updates.  I
> have comcast cable.

How long ago was that?  There was a point release recently (3 weeks
ago?) where all the updates were rolled in, so current CDs...I think
there were 87 updates last night when I installed this system.  They
took about 5 minutes to download on Comcast.
-- 
Mackenzie Morgan <macoafi at gmail.com>