# Mender-convert time

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-time/3003>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [December 16, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-time/3003 "2020-12-16T12:59:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![agniiyer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/agniiyer/32/980_2.png) [@agniiyer](https://hub.mender.io/u/agniiyer)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-time/3003/1 "2020-12-16T12:59:29Z")

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Hi everyone. I’m using the recommended workflow to convert a Raspbian golden image (16 GB SD card) on a Mac. The tutorial says this takes 10-30 minutes but it’s been running for over 6 hours and still isn’t done.

Is this normal? If so can I run this on Google Compute Engine to speed it up?

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**Author:** ![mirzak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/mirzak/32/2056_2.png) [@mirzak](https://hub.mender.io/u/mirzak)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-time/3003/2 "2020-12-16T13:27:09Z")

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> [@agniiyer](#):
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> been running for over 6 hours and still isn’t done.

Seems like very long time. What step is it at?

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**Author:** ![agniiyer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/agniiyer/32/980_2.png) [@agniiyer](https://hub.mender.io/u/agniiyer)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-time/3003/3 "2020-12-16T13:40:56Z")

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mender-convert-package is writing rootfsb partition image now. Took 2 hours to write the image for rootfsa before this and another 2 hours to extract the image before that.