Instantrails users - Jul 2006 - Unzipping InstantRails-1.3a-win.zip takes forever?

I am trying to get started with Rails - the un-zipping of the 1.3a file is
taking forever

it is still working, and the size and number of files in the destination are
growing, so I am letting it go

it has been an hour already and the progress meter is showing about 2/3 done

I am running XP with 2gb memory and 65gb free on my hard disk

 

is this normal?

 

Great Paradise Systems Limited

17 Franklyn Avenue

St. John''s, Newfoundland, Canada, A1C 4K9

(709) 754-5557

DavidLeeWilson at Gmail.com

http://davidleewilson.blogspot.com/ 

 

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What zip software are you using? I use the open source utility, 7-zip. I
haven''t timed it, but I think it takes between 5 and 10 minutes to
unzip
with 7-zip.

Curt

On 7/10/06, David Wilson <davidleewilson at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>  I am trying to get started with Rails - the un-zipping of the 1.3a file
> is taking forever
>
> it is still working, and the size and number of files in the destination
> are growing, so I am letting it go
>
> it has been an hour already and the progress meter is showing about 2/3
> done
>
> I am running XP with 2gb memory and 65gb free on my hard disk
>
>
>
> is this normal?
>
>
>
> Great Paradise Systems Limited
>
> 17 Franklyn Avenue
>
> St. John''s, Newfoundland, Canada, A1C 4K9
>
> (709) 754-5557
>
> DavidLeeWilson at Gmail.com
>
> http://davidleewilson.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Instantrails-users mailing list
> Instantrails-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/instantrails-users
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David Wilson wrote:
> I am trying to get started with Rails - the un-zipping of the 1.3a file
> is taking forever
> 
> it is still working, and the size and number of files in the destination
> are growing, so I am letting it go
> 
> it has been an hour already and the progress meter is showing about 2/3
done
> 
> I am running XP with 2gb memory and 65gb free on my hard disk
You didn''t state how fast your processor is and how fast your hard
drive is,
which aare the determining factors.  There are a lot of files included,
though.... my virus scanner takes a long time going through the folder.


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thanks to Curt Hibbs and David Morton for the feedback on the slow un-zip, I
think it was my virus scanner, it eventually finished and InstantRails is
more than I expected, that is the first time I have seen ANYthing install
the first time and work, kudos! - it even has a gui for MySql, neat! and
useful too since the Ruby on Rails book I am using is not quite up to spec
and I have to fiddle the database a bit

 

for the record - my processor is a 2.26 ghz intel pentium, the drive is a
hitachi 100 gb 7200 rpm with 10ms seek (I thought the 2gb memory would have
given it away ...)

 

I have stopped getting digests?? is something up with the list? 

 

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From: David Wilson [mailto:DavidLeeWilson at Gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 1:56 PM
To: Instant Rails List (instantrails-users at rubyforge.org)
Subject: Unzipping InstantRails-1.3a-win.zip takes forever?

 

I am trying to get started with Rails - the un-zipping of the 1.3a file is
taking forever

it is still working, and the size and number of files in the destination are
growing, so I am letting it go

it has been an hour already and the progress meter is showing about 2/3 done

I am running XP with 2gb memory and 65gb free on my hard disk

 

is this normal?

 

Great Paradise Systems Limited

17 Franklyn Avenue

St. John''s, Newfoundland, Canada, A1C 4K9

(709) 754-5557

DavidLeeWilson at Gmail.com

http://davidleewilson.blogspot.com/ 

 

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Nothing has changed with the mailing list. However, I would recommend *not*
using digests. You really won''t need it here because this list is very
low
volume (at least so far).

Curt

On 7/11/06, David Wilson <davidleewilson at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>  thanks to Curt Hibbs and David Morton for the feedback on the slow
> un-zip, I think it was my virus scanner, it eventually finished and
> InstantRails is more than I expected, that is the first time I have seen
> ANYthing install the first time and work, kudos! - it even has a gui for
> MySql, neat! and useful too since the Ruby on Rails book I am using is not
> quite up to spec and I have to fiddle the database a bit
>
>
>
> for the record - my processor is a 2.26 ghz intel pentium, the drive is a
> hitachi 100 gb 7200 rpm with 10ms seek (I thought the 2gb memory would have
> given it away ...)
>
>
>
> I have stopped getting digests?? is something up with the list?
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* David Wilson [mailto:DavidLeeWilson at Gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, July 10, 2006 1:56 PM
> *To:* Instant Rails List (instantrails-users at rubyforge.org)
> *Subject:* Unzipping InstantRails-1.3a-win.zip takes forever?
>
>
>
> I am trying to get started with Rails - the un-zipping of the 1.3a file is
> taking forever
>
> it is still working, and the size and number of files in the destination
> are growing, so I am letting it go
>
> it has been an hour already and the progress meter is showing about 2/3
> done
>
> I am running XP with 2gb memory and 65gb free on my hard disk
>
>
>
> is this normal?
>
>
>
> Great Paradise Systems Limited
>
> 17 Franklyn Avenue
>
> St. John''s, Newfoundland, Canada, A1C 4K9
>
> (709) 754-5557
>
> DavidLeeWilson at Gmail.com
>
> http://davidleewilson.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Instantrails-users mailing list
> Instantrails-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/instantrails-users
>
>
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