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!). It is certainly feasible, especially if you don't mind spending a few late nights (ie do the downloads after the point when no one calls). -D
