Re: Can run testing with slow net connect?
On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, D-Man wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 02:54:11PM -0500, David A. Rogers wrote:
> | I've got a 56k modem on my home machine. Is it feasible/reasonable for me
> | to run testing on this machine? I've got 2.2r2 CDs. Any guesstimates as to
> | how long it will take for the initial upgrade to testing?
>
> A few weeks ago I upgraded from 2.2r3 (I have 2.2r2 cds and had
> upgraded via modem to r3) to testing. I have a 33.6 modem. The
> estimate was ~16 hours for the download. The actual was fairly close
> -- I would use ^C to stop apt-get when I had to disconnect the modem,
> then apt-get would resume where it left off next time (even mid file,
> very cool!).
>
I setup a cron job that would call-up at o-dark-thirty nightly, download
for a few hours, then hangup. I'd check my email in the morning for the
cron report, and I was set.
Jeff
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Jeff Maxson
jbmaxson@surfglobal.net
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