Why is it taking so long to reinstall?

I'm trying to install Mac OS 10.2 onto an iMac G3 but it has been over an hour for the disk to even get past the introduction. The loading circle thing says reading packages. Is it supposed to take this long? It never took this long to install before.

What type of installation are you doing?
If you install Mac OS X on top of an existing system (as an upgrade ), it may take longer.
If you erase the hard drive and install a fresh system, Installer's job is much easier, and it may take less time.
Booting off an optical disc is also not as reliable or efficient as running normally off the hard drive. If it goes too long and it is still +reading packages+, I would do a forced shutdown and try again.

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