Fetching base-17.1-amd64.obsolete takes extremely long

[mherbst]

I have started the update from the latest version 16.7. to 17.1. Since more than 30 min. I see only the message "Fetching base-17.1.-amd64.obsolete" and lots of dots are painted on the screen (> 20 rows).
Is it normal that it takes so long to fetch this package?

[weust]

No, it shouldn't. Obviously depends on your connection speed, but 30 minutes sounds abormal.
Which mirror are you using?

[mherbst]

Our connection is quite fast and normally i can download > 1 GB in this time. I don't know exactly the mirror because we use the default mirror.

openSense run on a rackmount system from Deciso, so it came pre-configured.

BTW: it is now running for more than an our and I think I will stop it.

[weust]

Sounds like a good idea. It will probably load normally when you try again.