length of time for first update after installing 6.10

[J. David Boyd]

Juan Carlos Becerra Irene wrote:
> I'm not sure on the time, but I have run the same procedure with a
> dial-up connection, and after some minutes it had already downloaded at
> least the first 10 updates.
> 
> Regards,
> Juan Carlos
> 
> On 12/21/06, *J. David Boyd* <david at adboyd.com
> <mailto:david at adboyd.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     How long should the first update take after installing 6.10?
> 
>     I installed last night, onto a 17G drive, with 256M of memory, and a
>     broadband
>     cable connection.
> 
>     The updater popped up, with a large amount of updates available.
> 
>     I started it running, and it seemed as if it was sitting on the
>     first one for
>     a very very long time.
> 
>     The drive light _was_ flashing, but it still _felt_ as if it were
>     hung up.
> 
>     Any ideas on ~ how long it should take to run?
> 
>     Thanks,
> 
>     Dave
> 
> 
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Thanks, that's the info I was looking for.  Mine ran for 15 minutes, and
hadn't even really done anything with the first file...

Dave