Red Hat 8.0 Installation Takes Way Too Long

| > I am attempting to install my first Linux system, Red Hat 8.0, from a
| boxed
| > set. I was doing the text-based installation, taking my time to
| make sure
| I
| > understood as much as possible for future reference, and
| everything seemed
| > to be going fine, except for the fact that after 6 hours of
| installing the
| > RPMs, the installation counter showed it still had 10 hours to go.
| >
| > I have read all the documentation I could get my hands on, searched the
| Red
| > Hat site, as wells as googled for more information, all to no
| avail. I am
| > assuming this is not normal :)
| >
| > My system is a Pentium-II running at 266-MHz with 640-MB of RAM, a 13-GB
| IDE
| > hard drive for the Linux system, and a CD-RW drive, from which I am
| > installing. It's not state-of-the-art, but it's well within the specs
| listed
| > by Red Hat in their Hardware Compatibility List. It also has
| been running
| > Windows 98 with no problems.
| >
| > I was attempting to install it on the second drive (hdb or D:\,
| depending
| on
| > the OS), and using GRUB to choose the OS to boot. Drive C:\ still has
| > Windows 98 on it.
| >
| > This is all the information I can think of that may be relevant to this
| > problem, but I will be glad to provide anything else that may help to
| > analyze this problem.
| >
| > I would be extremely grateful for any assistance.
| >
| >
| > Ernie L. Bérriz
| >  Mesa, Arizona
| >   Fax:  509.752.6776
| >    Ernie_Berriz@qwest.net
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