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 -- Jeff Maxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
