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Hey all.
I'm attempting to download a patch of 6.6Mb..., a kernel update, however
it's taking forever!
I'm on a dial-up connection so i know its gunna be slow but ...
- 12-06-2006 #1Linux Newbie
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2hrs for 6Mb!!!!!!!
Hey all.
I'm attempting to download a patch of 6.6Mb..., a kernel update, however
it's taking forever!
I'm on a dial-up connection so i know its gunna be slow but my last attempt
lasted over an hour, and i still only got 51% through. The patch contains two updates, kernel default and kernel source. I've tried all the mirrors and they all seem to give me the same result so do i have to do something so the system can do this or is the only way to fix it by downloading source rpm's which are, of course considerbaly larger?
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- 12-07-2006 #2Linux User
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think you're just gonna have to stick it out mate. get broadband
You know, aliens are going to come to earth in 50 years and kill the hell out of us for DDoSing their networks with this SETI crap
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- 12-07-2006 #3Linux Engineer
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I downloaded a kernel source tarball on a dial-up line using an external serial modem and it took *three* hours, but it all got through in the end. Do what I did: set it up and go out shopping!
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