[tex-live] Question about TeX Live Installation
Hans Hagen
pragma at wxs.nl
Wed Feb 8 00:55:00 CET 2006
Jerzy Ludwichowski wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Karl Berry <karl at freefriends.org>:
>
>
>> I use WindowsXP Pro. I have 768MB of RAM, an Athlon 2100+ (1.7GHz), and
>>
>> about 2.8GB of HDD space left before the install started (now down to
>> 2.54GB). I am installing from a DVD-ROM drive which I think is limited
>> to
>> only 4x speed.
>>
>> On such a machine, I can believe it is taking hours to install. It
>> seems rather excessive to be only 1/4 done after 3 hours, but I guess
>> I'd still most likely wait it out.
>>
>
> Karl, you are not joking, are you? What is wrong with "such a machine"?
>
> I never tried to install from the DVD but if this is the expected install time
> on "such a machine" then there is something terribly wrong with the installer...
>
just a thought ... it's a dual layer dvd, isn't it? So what if the data is on one layer and the index on another?
Hans
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