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  1. Bug #601299
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Comment 1 for bug 601299

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Conn O Griofa (psyke83) wrote : Re: maverick btrfs slow install

I can confirm the same issue; installation via the alpha 2 32bit alternate media takes ~2 hours when installing to a btrfs partition, compared to ~15 minutes to ext4. I'm not sure that system specs are necessary, because I don't think this is a bug (or if it is, it should be addressed upstream).

There's an old thread on the linux-btrfs list[1] which mentions a similar problem, so perhaps btrfs' performance characteristics are unfavourable towards file activity related to package unpacking/installation.

[1] http://<email address hidden>/msg03104.html