[tex-live] TeX Live on usb drive

Philip TAYLOR Philip-and-LeKhanh at Royal-Tunbridge-Wells.Org
Thu Mar 19 20:02:11 CET 2009


Almost exactly one hour, and the machine
was being used continuously during that
period for other things ...

** Phil.
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Philip TAYLOR (Ret'd) wrote:

> Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard wrote:

>> Btw, could you measure the installation (not downloading) time 
>> precisely? I'd be
>> curious to know how faster it is compared to the DVD installation (and 
>> whether
>> it is faster than installing from a mounted ISO).

> I can repeat the installation, and log start
> and finish times.  I can certainly say that
> compared to installing from DVD, it is
> significantly faster (I think the total of
> two hours is less than the typical DVD
> installation time, never mind just the
> installation phase).  I've never tried
> to install from a mounted ISO.


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