https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331669#c1
--- Comment #1 from Richard Bos 2007-10-09 13:46:34 MST ---
I was not the only one with this problem, see also this openSUSE-10.3 review:
http://abhay-techzone.blogspot.com/2007/10/why-suse-why.html
"Next the installer asked me if I wanted to configure my networking, Cool ! why
not. The installer got the settings from DHCP and went ahead with configuring
online repositories. All well, or was it really well ? Installer gave me an
option to confirm the install and I did. On the install screen I saw some
download going on, why download when I have the install media on hard disk ?
However, the download rate was too fast and I realized that even getting files
from hard disk is termed as download. Still OK, suddenly the download rate
dropped to snail pace. I then switched to virtual terminals from 1 to 6 but did
not see any indication that any files are actually being downloaded from
Internet. Back to the GUI installer, I saw that SUSE will install around 2GB
from the hard disk and around 600MB from the online OSS and non-OSS
repositories. Now SUSE 10.3 was released just days back, so there is no chance
of 600MB updates, hence why install from Internet and make things slow.
Unfortunately it was too late by now, the install had started and it was going
to take its time. I had also formated my Mint root partition and with it went
the grub, so I cannot even restart the install. The download took a sweet 6
hours and I was watching TV to while away my time. This 6 hours also
highlighted the need for a Live CD, at least I would have used the desktop.
Maybe taken some screenshots or even written this blog from the Live CD itself,
no such luck for me."
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