Paul Morgan wrote: > On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 01:13:11 +0100, kegwasher wrote: > >> Help. >> >> I seem to have developed a problem during my update. The mirror selected >> must be overwhelmed or just slow. My update time remaining is swinging >> from 7hrs to 4days! Is is possible to stop and restart without causing a >> mess? >> >> Relatively familiar with Linux, used since 94, but this is my first >> machine >> to play with debian. So far very impressed with debian overall. >> >> details of machine. >> >> hardware, box stock toshiba tecra8000 laptop of 400mhz PII fame. >> neomagic video >> opl3sa2 audio >> 64megs ram, yah I know it is not much but it runs most things fine. >> 6gig HD >> removable CDrom, floppy or LS-120 >> >> Current Os, Debian woody, attempted final OS, Debian Sarge. >> only added packages are opera, openoffice, flash plugin, java, and >> realplayer. > > You don't say how you're connecting, but I guess it might be dialup and > you have a noisy line with lots of retries or your modem's negotiated a > slow speed or both. > > It's OK to just control-C the update to kill it. Suggest you redial and > try again (just run apt-get update again and it'll pick up where it left > off). >
That's the problem. I am on ADSL 768k/s. on another machine on the same internal net things fly but on my laptop, it is molasis. I crosses my fingers last night and did the control-C. glad it is smart. Very much like apt-get. My worry comes from Red Hats update tool once failing part way and trashing things beyond belief with failed dependencies. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
