Re: tar slow (2.2.0-pre4)

Dax Kelson (dkelson@inconnect.com)
Tue, 5 Jan 1999 22:02:09 -0700 (MST)


On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, William R. Dirks wrote:

> AMD K6, 32MB, IDE hard drive, RH5.0 w/new kernel
>
> I don't know what could be causing this, but 'tar' is really slow on
> recent kernels. When unpacking something, it will unpack four or five files,

This is actually a problem with a non-updated RH5.0 box. You need to
install the new initscripts rpm IIRC.

Dax Kelson
Internet Connect, Inc.

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