Thanks for the reply. My solution to get to build nv 93 will be here with bittorrent:
http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=66391&start=0&tstart=0 "Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people's brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead." Arundhati Roy (Author) http://www.weroy.org/index.shtml --- On Mon, 7/14/08, Glenn Lagasse <Glenn.Lagasse at sun.com> wrote: > From: Glenn Lagasse <Glenn.Lagasse at sun.com> > Subject: Re: [osol-help] pkg image-update -R ? > To: "Paul Harper" <pjharper at yahoo.com> > Cc: opensolaris-help at opensolaris.org > Date: Monday, July 14, 2008, 6:17 PM > * Paul Harper (pjharper at yahoo.com) wrote: > > I am trying to get pkg image-update to work on a very > unreliable WIMAX connect. I get actual breaks in the > connection every few hours. I think it is unlikely I will > manage to download 1975.62 MB in one go. > > > > I found a reference to the '-R' flag on this > blog: > > > > > http://softwareblogs.intel.com/2008/06/12/opensolaris-200805-packaging-update/ > > > > This is my current beadm list: > > > > BE Active Active on Mountpoint Space > > Name reboot Used > > ---- ------ --------- ---------- ----- > > opensolaris-4 no no /tmp/tmpcvvdrr 24.02M > > opensolaris yes yes legacy 5.41G > > -bash-3.2# > > > > > > If I get a break in the connection can I re-continue > without having to > > start over again with??: > > > > pkg image-update -R /tmp/tmpcvvdrr/opensolaris-4 > > > > Or do I have to wait for the IPS team to sort the > problem? > > > > I know from another blog post they are working hard to > sort this problem. > > If by 'problem' you mean that IPS doesn't > currently cache already > downloaded bits, then yes you'll need to wait for them > to get around to > implementing that functionality. The -R parameter merely > allows you to > specify an alternate directory to perform pkg operations > on. It's not a > 'resume' parameter. > > Cheers, > > -- > Glenn
