## Mainnet Fast Catchup Stalling

### February 7, 2022

leaps and bounds fast, stupid HD!

```bash
$ goal node status -w 1000
Last committed block: 20063
Sync Time: 284.1s
Catchpoint: 19100000#QVCGM2BY4CCBTCEG4MLEXY553FT762FEWHONHZ2SLQA64UOCIAOA
Catchpoint total accounts: 9549239
Catchpoint accounts processed: 4266496
Catchpoint accounts verified: 0
Genesis ID: …
```

looks like it is working now:

```bash
$ goal node status
Last committed block: 20063
Sync Time: 5.9s
Catchpoint: 19100000#QVCGM2BY4CCBTCEG4MLEXY553FT762FEWHONHZ2SLQA64UOCIAOA
Catchpoint total accounts: 9549239
Catchpoint accounts processed: 92672
Catchpoint accounts verified: 0
Genesis ID: mainnet-v1.0
```

It doesn’t say directly. I was watching a tutorial video that I believe led me astray. So to ensure I am correct I follow the directions stated in the following sections and should get an operating node:

- Overview
- Installation with a package manager
- Sync Node with Network
- Sync Node Network using…

okay and thank you!
I will nuke and retry with a NVMe SSD. During the installation part of my setup, is there a need to do the:

```bash
mkdir ~/node
cd ~/node
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/algorand/go-algorand-doc/master/downloads/installers/update.sh
chmod 544 update.sh
./update.sh -i -c s...
```

I have been trying fast catch up for a mainnet node that I lit up 3 days ago. I have nuked it twice because for some reason it doesn’t catch up. The initial catch up is fast as expected, but somewhere around hour 2 it slows way down to a crawl. I have done some digging in the node.log to see if I…