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DCM
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Magic Update

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About how long does it take to do a full update with magic on a fresh install? Yesterday I tried it and after two hours I got tried of it and shut down the xbox.
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Post by cheesyboofs »

What type of install do you have? I've only ever run Native installs and it never takes very long but from what I gather if you do it the 'other' way it can take quite a while. All I would suggest is that you make sure you install the latest version prior to running Magic.
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Post by DCM »

well everything doesn't go to slow until it starts compling the updated kernal..is there any ways to skip these but update everything else?
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Post by orochi »

why would you want to skip anything, magic is a sequental patching system, just run magic and go to bed. Ive done a emerge -u world (just before Pro 2.0 came out and it took quite a few days to update all the packages that were old)
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Post by cheesyboofs »

F.Y.I, I just run magic on a fresh Native install and the kernal update took about an hour.
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Post by DCM »

ok..i guess i might just go out and buy me a bigger hd, since im not the very patient type.. and if anybody has done a magic update on a gamesave/loopback fresh install, could they post about how long it took.

thanks
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