[CentOS] installing 5.3 with 512M ram really slow

[Curt Mills]

On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, Gabriel - IP Guys wrote:

> What do you consider to be really slow? One thing I've def. Learned with
> installing Linux, windows, OSX, anything that has a click-click-click
> install procedure, what ever the bar says, (70% complete or 20 mins
> left, depending on whose OS), it's LYING! Better set the installer go
> and grab a beer or two. Come back in an hour, one of two things will
> have been realised. One, you've just had a fun hour, got a bit drunk,
> and to top it off, you have a working CentOS installation! Or two, you
> forgot to click on the final button to get the install up and running,
> and now in your semi drunk state, you click it, and go off and have
> another two beers! When you come back.... Voila! A new clean virgin
> CentOS install!

Why can't more manuals be written like this????  ;-)

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