It finished generating snapshots last night, but if you use the latest version (1.10.3) it should be “10x quicker” according to their release notes. I was using 1.10.2.
Now failing with the following error:
ERROR[05-26|09:23:19.025] Failed to prune state err="snapshot not old enough yet: need 120 more blocks"
snapshot not old enough yet: need 120 more blocks
I’ve raised an issue with geth about this, let’s see what comes back: snapshot not old enough yet: need 120 more blocks · Issue #22947 · ethereum/go-ethereum · GitHub