Alan E. Davis wrote: >Thanks for all the ideas. I like the Tips page, it gives me a way to >(1) get a list of ALL the files needed to upgrade (including patches), >into a file and a python script that downloads all those files into a >temp directory, then make a CD and move it to the other machine at >home and "emerge -uDv world". > >There are probably more efficient ways. This is relatively elegant, >and beats the hell out of three or four weeks of downloading and >dodging family use of the phone. > >Cheers, > >Alan Davis > > > One of these days some geek will come up with a program to do that with. I think I see what you are doing and I can't really think of a better way. It would depend on how much drive space your lappy has and if you can network them all up.
I'm on dial-up too. It sucks. I only get 26K here. I think I'll go have a good cry now. :( It took me a few nights, and days, to get Open Office, better known as OOo. Looks like a three eyed monster to me. LOL Dale :-) -- To err is human, I'm most certainly human. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
