On Tuesday 08 October 2002 08:01 pm, Ron Stodden wrote: > Praedor Tempus wrote: > > Well, not too long ago (countable in months) I would have had no problem > > installing 9.0 and then upgrading over the net to get the fixes. I had > > DSL and life was good. Now I am stuck forever with a time-limited (90 > > minutes) modem connection that ranges from a high of 44000 bps (early > > morning/late evening) down to 24000 bps (during the day). Given the [...] > Can you not set up a cron job to log on again and resume partial > downloads every 91 minutes and get yourself s good night's sleep?
That is an option, and if I didn't need my system working fully and properly NOW to get my dissertation done, it would be something to consider. > What self-respecting ISP would shoot themselves in the foot with 90 > minute sessions? Until I am gainfully employed, I must count on my university's modem pool/internet access. They restrict connections to 90 minutes. > BTW, I don't use supermount - my /etc/fstab is full of the standard > mount syntax. That's the best fix for supermount, and does not call > for any downloading. I love supermount. It does it the way a computer should do it (when it works). No muss, no fuss. Stick in your CD and it is available. Done? Hit the eject button and it ejects. Ya also cannot run many games without supermount working properly. -- Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor...the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded with patriotism, will offer up all their rights unto the leader and gladly so. --unknown
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