Re: high load, no bottleneck

[Michael <macallan1888%gmail.com@localhost>]

Hello,

on Saturday 28 September 2013 04:54:19 you wrote:
>     Date:        Sat, 28 Sep 2013 09:09:02 +0100
>     From:        "Roland C. Dowdeswell" <elric%imrryr.org@localhost>
>     Message-ID:  <20130928080902.GG4481%roofdrak.imrryr.org@localhost>
>
>   | I thought quite some time ago that it probably makes sense for us
>   | to make the installer mount everything async to extract the sets
>   | because, after all, if the install fails you are rather likely to
>   | simply re-install rather than manually figure out where it was and
>   | fix it.
>
> I have had the same thought - the one downside for this usage is the
> sync time at umount - for novice users this would appear to be a hang/crash
> after the install was almost finished (since it might take minutes to
> complete) to which a natural response would be to push the reset button
> and try again...   So, I think this would need to be an option to be used
> by those who know to expect that delay, and so default off.

Or just throw up a warning - "Hey, this can take a few minutes, don't freak 
out!"

have fun
Michael