The update process for Fedora 11 and Fedora 12 was observed to be very very very slow. The following has been done for comparison.
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### Installing Fedora 12 package onto USB-Flash Drive
$ sudo rpm -i --stats thunderbird-3.0.4-2.fc12.i686.rpm total: 1 0.000000 MB 252.003117 secs check: 1 0.000000 MB 0.197098 secs order: 1 0.000000 MB 0.000095 secs fingerprint: 3 0.000866 MB 0.024173 secs install: 1 0.000000 MB 247.055594 secs scriptlets: 1 0.000000 MB 8.049387 secs uncompress: 6327 51.825564 MB 13.795798 secs digest: 3516 52.968118 MB 1.114657 secs dbadd: 1 0.000000 MB 142.680015 secs dbget: 2908 31.777704 MB 4.100888 secs dbput: 1984 13.532812 MB 0.080660 secs
### Installing Fedora 11 package onto USB-Flash Drive
$ sudo rpm -i --stats thunderbird-3.0.4-2.fc11.i586.rpm total: 1 0.000000 MB 205.405740 secs check: 1 0.000000 MB 0.386119 secs order: 1 0.000000 MB 0.000075 secs fingerprint: 3 0.000866 MB 0.030944 secs install: 1 0.000000 MB 197.630207 secs scriptlets: 1 0.000000 MB 11.477078 secs uncompress: 6419 52.578096 MB 0.779961 secs digest: 3532 53.660407 MB 1.192857 secs dbadd: 1 0.000000 MB 146.210606 secs dbget: 2880 28.799172 MB 30.965261 secs dbput: 1973 12.247520 MB 32.985469 secs
The update process for Fedora 11 and Fedora 12 was observed to be very very very slow. The following has been done for comparison.
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### Installing Fedora 12 package onto USB-Flash Drive
$ sudo rpm -i --stats thunderbird- 3.0.4-2. fc12.i686. rpm
total: 1 0.000000 MB 252.003117 secs
check: 1 0.000000 MB 0.197098 secs
order: 1 0.000000 MB 0.000095 secs
fingerprint: 3 0.000866 MB 0.024173 secs
install: 1 0.000000 MB 247.055594 secs
scriptlets: 1 0.000000 MB 8.049387 secs
uncompress: 6327 51.825564 MB 13.795798 secs
digest: 3516 52.968118 MB 1.114657 secs
dbadd: 1 0.000000 MB 142.680015 secs
dbget: 2908 31.777704 MB 4.100888 secs
dbput: 1984 13.532812 MB 0.080660 secs
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### Installing Fedora 11 package onto USB-Flash Drive
$ sudo rpm -i --stats thunderbird- 3.0.4-2. fc11.i586. rpm
total: 1 0.000000 MB 205.405740 secs
check: 1 0.000000 MB 0.386119 secs
order: 1 0.000000 MB 0.000075 secs
fingerprint: 3 0.000866 MB 0.030944 secs
install: 1 0.000000 MB 197.630207 secs
scriptlets: 1 0.000000 MB 11.477078 secs
uncompress: 6419 52.578096 MB 0.779961 secs
digest: 3532 53.660407 MB 1.192857 secs
dbadd: 1 0.000000 MB 146.210606 secs
dbget: 2880 28.799172 MB 30.965261 secs
dbput: 1973 12.247520 MB 32.985469 secs
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