* 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 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
