On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 01:23, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > *** Brant Fitzsimmons Wed, 10 Sep 2003 03:55:31 -0400 : > > > Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > > > > > > You need to get familiar with rsync. Navigate to the directory with > > > the partial downloads and run this from the command line: > > > > > > rsync -Pv --stats --progress > > > ftp.sunet.se::Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.2rc2-CD* > > > > > > This should also help with your limited bandwidth when final comes > > out. Just rename the local .iso files to match the final release file > > names and run the same command. It should only download the > > differences between the files--giving you a shiney updated .iso at a > > fraction of the time. I don't know how much of a bandwidth savings it > > will actually give you so you may want to keep an eye on it. > > This is great. I never cared for this because I always had enough > bandwidth and a fast connection. > > Now James saved my day as well with his hint to gftp. What can I say: I > resumed the download and it raced up to the end. Downloaded md5sum file > and the checksums matched. > > Now I'll get the other 2 ISOs and if Final will come in September I can > use your hint with rsync. I'll save it anyway for future reference. > > wobo
Of course you can always just set the new main contrib etc etc urpmi "points" for your install and just run urpmi --auto --auto-select No need to re-install .. you'll have final. (no disks but final) I did that from 9.0 to 9.1 on this laptop. (until the ide on the original mobo died .... then I did have to re-install.) James
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