On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:18:47 +0000, Craig Dunn wrote: > Hi, > > I'v recently installed Debian on my system. The current version of GDM > that I have is 2.2 and I would like to upgrade it to 2.4.
Do you mean GNOME? GDM is just a sort of X-Window login program. > The trouble is I only have a dialup Internet connection, which gets cut > off after 2 hours. That may be annoying but it's not fatal. > And I'm guessing that downloading all of the necessary GDM files will > take more than 2 hours. GDM is about 3 MB. GNOME is humongous. > So, if I start the download process using apt-get and it gets cut-off > halfway through, will I be able to continue the installation process > once I reconnect to the Internet? Yes. > I'm worried that if the installation process stops halfway, my Linux > system will be messed up. The loss of a network connection has never hosed my systems. > Is it possible to tell apt-get to download all of the necessary deb > files first and then perform the installation only when it has what it > needs? Yes: This is what apt-get and aptitude do by default. Just tell it to install whatever it is you want to install. If you lose your network connection, reconnect and reissue the same command; apt-get (aptitude) will continue the download where it left off. When all the necessary files have been retrieved, they will be installed. > Thanks for any advice, When I dist-upgrade'd from Potato to Woody, I got cut off repeatedly during the 325 MB download. It took me nearly two days but it worked fine. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
