[TriLUG] [SOLVED] RE: Debian 10 (Buster) on Brand-New OptiPlex 3070 Installer is Glacial

[David Burton via TriLUG]

That is, indeed, odd!

Well, anyhow, I suggest that as long as you're setting up a new system,
now's the time to install a 2nd drive, using software RAID1 to mirror the
first drive.

Mirroring an HDD with another HDD will not only improve reliability, it
will probably also make a noticeable improvement in performance, too.

Mirroring an SSD with either an HDD or another SSD probably won't make much
difference in performance, but it will still make a big difference in
reliability.

Dave


On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 12:13 PM Brian Henning via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> SMART reports zero reallocated sectors, and three recent short self tests
> have completed without error.  Other than having simply been spinning for a
> long time (seven years and change, 65189 hours), there's nothing wrong with
> it as far as I can see.  It performs normally in the original system.
>
> Now that the drive is put in the installed new system, there are no
> problems.  I'm really stymied.  Maybe a connector wasn't seated properly.
> *shrug*  I'm running a long SMART self-test before I mount the drive, but I
> don't expect it to reveal anything.
>
> Anyway, thanks for the input, folks!
>
> -B
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Both <david at both.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2019 10:12 AM
> To: Brian Henning <bhenning at pineresearch.com>; Triangle Linux Users Group
> General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] [SOLVED] RE: Debian 10 (Buster) on Brand-New
> OptiPlex 3070 Installer is Glacial
>
> You might check its SMART logs. It mmay continue to work at significantly
> reduced speed if there are a lot of bad sectors,
>
> On 8/26/19 9:58 AM, Brian Henning via TriLUG wrote:
> > Wow.  This is a new one on me.  The culprit turned out to be a HDD I
> moved from the old machine into the new one prior to starting this process
> (because that's the drive the VM images live on).  I pulled it to boot the
> old machine back up and, on a whim, tried starting the installer on the new
> one again and lo and behold, it's working perfectly.
> >
> > So: Why would the presence of an ostensibly fully-functional hard drive
> cause the Debian installer to turn into a creaky old man?
> >
> > I suppose it remains to be seen what happens once I hook up this drive
> after a successful Debian installation.
> >
> > -B
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: TriLUG <trilug-bounces+bhenning=pineresearch.com at trilug.org> On
> > Behalf Of Brian Henning via TriLUG
> > Sent: Monday, August 26, 2019 9:39 AM
> > To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Debian 10 (Buster) on Brand-New OptiPlex 3070
> > Installer is Glacial
> >
> > So here's an update.  It's been left alone all weekend.  I came to it
> this morning and it's still not to the package selection screen yet; at the
> moment, it's "unpacking popularity-contest."
> >
> > Although it seems unlikely that the USB key is to blame, I'm going to
> try a CD-ROM image.
> >
> > -Brian
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: TriLUG <trilug-bounces+bhenning=pineresearch.com at trilug.org> On
> > Behalf Of Brian via TriLUG
> > Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2019 9:58 PM
> > To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Debian 10 (Buster) on Brand-New OptiPlex 3070
> > Installer is Glacial
> >
> > On 8/24/19 4:26 PM, Brantley West wrote:
> >> I think I remember encountering these symptoms and changing from
> >> graphical to text-based installation or vice versa to speed up the
> >> process. Hope that helps.
> > I started out in text mode.  Then I read somewhere of someone having
> luck in graphical mode.  Either way is abysmal.
> >
> > <snip>
> > --
> > This message was sent to: Brian <bhenning at pineresearch.com> To
> unsubscribe, send a blank message to trilug-leave at trilug.org from that
> address.
> > TriLUG mailing list : https://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> > Unsubscribe or edit options on the web        :
> https://www.trilug.org/mailman/options/trilug/bhenning%40pineresearch.com
> > Welcome to TriLUG: https://trilug.org/welcome
> > --
> > This message was sent to: Brian <bhenning at pineresearch.com> To
> unsubscribe, send a blank message to trilug-leave at trilug.org from that
> address.
> > TriLUG mailing list : https://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> > Unsubscribe or edit options on the web        :
> https://www.trilug.org/mailman/options/trilug/bhenning%40pineresearch.com
> > Welcome to TriLUG: https://trilug.org/welcome
>
> --
>
> *********************************************************
> David P. Both
> *********************************************************
> The value of any software lies in its usefulness not in its price.
>
> — Linus Torvalds
> *********************************************************
>
> --
> This message was sent to: Dave Burton <ncdave4life at gmail.com>
> To unsubscribe, send a blank message to trilug-leave at trilug.org from that
> address.
> TriLUG mailing list : https://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> Unsubscribe or edit options on the web  :
> https://www.trilug.org/mailman/options/trilug/ncdave4life%40gmail.com
> Welcome to TriLUG: https://trilug.org/welcome