Mike McCarty wrote: >> Yes, it is.... >> >> If yum fails during the download phase and you run it again it will >> skip the >> packages it has previously downloaded. > > You presume each package can come down in one piece. I'm not, since > I know better. Downloading at 28Kbps means that even 1MB takes 5 > minutes. KDE libs is 15Meg, for example. Wow, your dial-up is that unstable that it can't download 15Meg in one sitting? You must end up doing a lot of "wget -c". BTW, about 12 years ago the maximum speed I got on dialup to my office was 9.6kbps and I was living in an old house with really bad wiring so I doubt I was getting that much. Yet, my connection rarely dropped. So, if the infrastructure you are saddled with is worse than that you have my sincerest pity. >>> Second, one may not have a large piece of disc to devote just to >>> downloading a huge ISO image, while one may be able to do 700MB pieces >>> one by one. >>> >>> Others may occur to you. >> >> >> I suppose one could sit around all day throwing up roadblocks to >> anything. > > I suppose one could shrug off problems which affect > other people all day long as well. I still say Wolfgang was right. It is much easier to whine about ones state of affairs than to do something about it.
