On 7/14/2008 8:50 PM, Bob Coles wrote: > Marty Duey wrote: >> On 7/14/2008 2:10 PM, Bob Coles wrote: >>> I can't update ANY packages greater than 50 megabytes through Comcast, >>> they now shutdown all my larger transfers when I use package manager. >>> My linux distributions don't have this problem, unless I'm downloading >>> gigabytes for an entire distribution. >>> >>> Does anyone know alternate repositories than opensolaris.org so those >>> of us stuck on Comcast can update our system. Hopefully, these other >>> repositories won't be blocked for a while. >>> Thanks. >>> -- >>> >> Hi Bob, >> >> I'm on Comcast as well, but haven't experienced any data transfer >> limitations. Just updated my system to build 91 a week or so ago which >> was required a transfer of over 600MB as I recall. But, I haven't tried >> any large transfers from the opensolaris repo since then so perhaps >> things have changed? >> >> Marty > > Marty, > I find the Comcast limits being quite arbitrary and depend on how much > other stuff you have downloaded lately, and what perhaps where your > location is. It also usually clears up to some extent after a while. I > tried about 5 times to upgrade and failed after varying amounts were > downloaded. Another thing that surprised me was that it appeared that > the package manager deleted the files (when using IPS) when the download > failed, so I had to download the same files again over and over again. > This may not actually be true, but the package manager always specified > the exact same number of megabytes of files to be downloaded, even > though I had a partial download previously. Now maybe IPS doesn't adjust > the total for what you have already downloaded and they still exist on > my system, but I don't know where they are stored and it seems like it > is starting over from scratch each time. > _______________________________________________
Hi Bob, I'm on Comcast's Denver network. I generate a fair amount of network traffic. I'm not running a web server, but I have five computers on the 'net and I use DirecTV's video on demand (VOD) service occasionally. Sounds like you need to ring up Comcast and tell them you're not happy with the service they're providing. WRT Package Manager/IPS, you're experiencing some of the rough edges one might expect from a 1.0 application. One of the rough edges is that IPS (Package Manager or the CLI) doesn't reset a download from where it was terminated. That's something that a lot of folks hope the IPS team has as a priority to address. I too have been experiencing some weird Package Manager operation. And there's a bug (http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=2328) documenting a problem with using it for updates. I recommend that you use the CLI to install the updates you need. Here's a link to the pkg(1) command reference: http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/IPS/cmdref.html Marty -- _/_/_/ Marty Duey _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Partner Development Manager _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ Partner Marketing _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ Direct: 303.223.6141 Internal: x69342 M I C R O S Y S T E M S _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
