[wplug] Net Installs

ssc1478 ssc1478 at aim.com
Sun Aug 10 05:43:57 EDT 2008


On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:27:56 -0400
Mackenzie Morgan <macoafi at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 2008-08-09 at 21:21 -0400, ssc1478 wrote:

> > 
> > 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.

Maybe a month ago.  But I've never re-downloaded the iso - I didn't
realize they would create new iso's to include updates.


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