[tex-live] Question about TeX Live Installation

[Hans Hagen]

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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