On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 05:46:20PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > > I've seen vmware disk emulation -> LVM -> partitions run very, very > slowly. Didn't diagnose it beyond thinking "if it hurts, don't do it", > though. And I don't remember if it was a sparse disk or not, but it > probably was. Could have been an issue in the way the growing drive > space is allocated on the physical side. Trainwreck and should not be done in production environments; if this is indeed the cause of "1-hour" installs alternatives should be found as that is simply too pathetic for mere words. John -- My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income. -- Errol Flynn (1909-1959), Australian-born actor -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110615/ccbd54e8/attachment-0005.sig>