Re: RedHat 6.1 on DS10 with IDE via FTP too slow

[Chris Kloiber <chris_kloiber suth com>]

Sven Crouse wrote:
> 
> Thanks to those earlier responses to what I originally thought a IDE
> and/or network problem.  The installation program proceeds at an slow
> speed until the package installation at which point it crawls with an
> estimated completion time of 34,000 hours ( that's 34 thousand ).  This
> ftp is between two DS10s with hardware set to 100Mbit Full Duplex ( set
> ew*0 FastFD in SRM ) and connected via a Netgear FS104 switch which
> indicates 100Mbit Full-Duplex.  I think that the problem is with the
> installation program.  I'm tired of wasting time on this and wonder if
> the installation program can be run once I get a minimal installation of
> machine working?
> 
> Thanks.  Sven


Mount the Installation CD #1
ln -sf /mnt/cdrom /home/httpd/html/install


Do an http install. 
Give it the ip of the webserver, the direcoty would be /install.

Install everything if you want to. Less than an hour on fast machines.
About an hour on a 64 Meg, 166Mhz Multia. 

WORKSFORME

Chris Kloiber