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

From: Andrea Vettorello (andrea.vettorello_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/08/04

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    Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 18:37:32 +0200
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    On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 09:18:17 -0700 (PDT), Eric Dickner
    <ejdickner@yahoo.com> wrote:
    > Hello,
    >
    > For my modem-connected machine it is a ginormous
    > download, some 500 Meg...
    >
    > Will I, or some kind of disconnnect at the ISP, ruin
    > the whole thing?

    Usually not, eventually you'll find them in /var/cache/apt/archives/partial

    > Can I then issue the command again
    > and will it recognize the packcages it already got?

    Yes, you'll find them on /var/cache/apt/archives

    >
    > Will it check these downloads for errors with an md5
    > or something?
    >
    > Is this just a bad idea to try over a modem
    > connection?
    >

    If you don't mind waiting, maybe launch it during night hours, there's
    no drawbacks.

    But if you know someone with a faster connection than your modem, like
    cable or xDSL, you can download only the packages list via apt and
    create, automatically, a script that will download via wget the needed
    packages. The other machine don't need to run Debian or Linux, it only
    needs wget. You'll find the details in a short HOWTO called, IIRC,
    apt-offline...

    Andrea 

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