stephen wrote:
> when i do this on a modem link and bt drop the line on a regular 2hr
> basis, the rsync finished due to having a timeout set, and the iso
> file got severely chopped to about the 45Mb-60Mb area.
> then on the subsequent sessions, it spends increasing lengths of time
> figuring out where it got to and resume at the plod of 5k/s area
> (on a good day)
You should not really attempt a download of a 640MB file to a modem
with an ISP that has a session limit of two hours.
Better to use rsync to download the 7.2 tree of files and do a hd.img
install because it is all much more modular and restartable without
loss.
I did a perl script that did the download of the 7.2 beta, contrib,
and cooker binaries, omitting all the language specific files, so
saving over 200 MB of download space and time for 7.2beta - under
1GB.
I'm working on a 7.2 similar script that will be much more flexible -
watch my web page (and click on NetMind to receive automated email
notifications of changes):
http://members.optushome.com.au/ronst
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Regards,
Ron. [AU]
