Hey,

Rick McCombs wrote:
> I wonder if there has ever been much consideration to have more
> third-party software in binary form?
> It would seem to make it easier to install on older systems and
> systems that aren't online (install from CD).
> I have a Pentium II that is online and tar zxvf pkgsrc.tar.gz is still
> running  after over 2 hours.

Even for a Pentium II, I think this is very slow. If you're using FFS,
can you check that the relevant partition (probably /usr if you have
one) is mounted with the "softdep" option?

HTH,
-- 
khorben