10.04 LTS alternate

[Verde Denim]

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 11:22 PM, sdavmor <sdavmor at systemstheory.net> wrote:

> 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.
>

A little patience goes a long way... It took over 2 hours, but completed ok,
so now my latest Ubuntu box is up and running.
This time, once I get the packages I need installed, I'll make an image.

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