10.04 LTS alternate

[sdavmor]

On 10/14/2010 05:58 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 10/14/2010 05:41 PM, Verde Denim wrote:
>> Currently installing 10.04 LTS alternate on my laptop (desktop 64 bit
>> edition).
>> At the screen _Finishing the installation_, it's been sitting at 22% with
>> the message
>> Wiping swap space for security (this may take a while) ...
>> For over an hour on a system with 4GB RAM and a 150GB drive...
>>
>> Is there something amiss or do I just need to continue to be patient?
>
> Maybe:
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/432422>
> [add installer status message for "Wiping Swap Space"]
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/432422/comments/23>
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/432422/comments/25>
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidLynx/ReleaseNotes
> <quote>
> Installation
> Performance regressions with ext4 under certain workloads
> ...
> In particular, the dpkg package manager is known to run significantly
> slower on ext4, causing installations using the server or alternate
> install CD to take on the order of twice as long as before.
> </quote>

Yes.  I noticed that right off the bat. Compared to dpkg running on 
reiserf (what I was using) the new ext4 crawled.
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