Description of problem: It wandered all over the map, from 5+ hours (!) down to 46 minutes (!!) before finally (by 1/3 of the work done) settling for 2 hours. This is not exactly new, all RH installations I remember had the same problem. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Wild guesses at the total time, settles rather late during upgrade/install Expected results: Reasonably close estimates, preferably going down slightly and not fluctuating. Additional info:
Test3 should have a more reasonable estimate. Having looked at this quite a bit estimating the total install time at the early part of the install is very difficult because its not a simple matter of just bytes/sec. Post-install scripts and running ldconfig over and over tend to take longer as the install progresses.
The estimate in FC3 is much more in line with reality. Thanks!