Why does it take the debian-7.3.0-i386-lxde-CD-1.iso installer so long to install inside a VirtualBox VM?

[Shlomi Fish]

Hi all,

I installed Debian 7.x.0 from the LXDE CD (debian-7.3.0-i386-lxde-CD-1.iso
) into a VirtualBox VM (both i586 and x86-64) several times in the past,
and was always frustrated at how long the installation process is. I
specifically ask it not to contact a remote mirror, but the installation
nevertheless takes over an hour. In comparison, installing Mageia Linux 3
from the dual ISO takes under 10 minutes.

Can anyone shed any light about why this is the case, and whether there is
anything I can do to fix it?

Regards,

-- Shlomi Fish

P.S: another thing that annoys me about Debian is the fact that apt-get -y
dist-upgrade still sometimes halts the installation process to ask me
questions and prompts. This is a big misfeature and I wonder if there's a
way to make apt-get completely non-interactive.

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