On Sat, 2007-10-06 at 23:07 +0930, Tim wrote: > Ric Moore: > >> Stuck out here in the toolies, running a 56k modem at 28.8 because the > >> phone lines are all crappy this far from the central phone banks, can > >> I convince rpm (then yum) to "resume" the download, if my connection > >> is broken?? > > Tim: > > Here, yum can resume a broken download. However, resuming also depends > > on the server. > > I've just remembered something: There's a yum.conf option for keeping > the cached files. Perhaps your caching option is off, and it doesn't > handle broken downloads very well. more yum.conf [main] cachedir=/var/cache/yum keepcache=1 debuglevel=2 logfile=/var/log/yum.log exactarch=1 obsoletes=1 gpgcheck=1 plugins=1 metadata_expire=1800 I got it set correct with the "1" ? Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
