YUM - What is happening during update? (FC2 + Legacy)

[Mike McCarty]

Danny Terweij wrote:
> From: "Mike McCarty" <mike.mccarty at sbcglobal.net>
> 
> 
>>>To make things more obvious to the casual reader
>>>YUM *says* it is *downloading*, and what I *observe* is that
>>>the *network* is quiet, while the *disc* is going nuts.
> 
> 
>>>THAT is the question.
> 
> 
> I work mostly remote so i dont "hear" or "see" the discs going nuts :)

But I put that information into my e-mail. Apparently it didn't get read.

> And the yum process is done in a few secs on my dual cpu neon 3ghz machines.

I use a 2.7GHz machine myself. Doesn't speed up the disc much...

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Mike
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