* David Gethings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10-16 12:29]:
> Secondly, downloading all the packages over a 56k modem is a
> non-starter. Espcially as I only have one phone line and a chatty wife.

I'm in a similar situation to you. What I usually do is get it to
download overnight.

Something like

% emerge -fUDv world && kill `pidof wvdial`
or
% emerge -fuv `qpkg -I -nc` && kill `pidof wvdial`
or
% emerge -fv pkg1 pkg2 pkg3 && /etc/ppp/ppp-down

just before going to bed.

Cheers
David

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