RE: "apt-get dist-upgrade" Question:

["jano kupec" <janik@host.sk>]

> Will I, or some kind of disconnnect at the ISP, ruin
> the whole thing?  Can I then issue the command again
> and will it recognize the packcages it already got?

apt keeps downloaded packages (usually) in /var/cache/apt/archives,
untill you decide to remove them with apt-get clean, so the are not
downloaded more than once.

> Will it check these downloads for errors with an md5
> or something?

i don't know about this

> Is this just a bad idea to try over a modem
> connection?

i've done this once through 56kb/s modem, and everything went OK.

jano