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Re: Upgrading by shaky ftp...



> How will dselect react to the PPP-link going down while upgrading by ftp?

> Sometimes I can be on for hours without problems, othertimes the 
> connection drops every 5-15 minutes...
> 
> Can I just reconnect and restart dselect Install/Upgrade and it will 
> resume with regetting the last (incomplete) .deb file?

I've had success with this only because I have a static IP address with my
ISP.  If you are running PPP with dynamic addressing, then I think you can
forget it....

Later,

Kevin Traas
Systems Analyst
Edmondson Roper Chartered Accountants
http://users.uniserve.com/~erca
Chilliwack, B.C.
Pager: (604) 918-2054
Office: (604) 792-1915


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