On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 01:13:11 +0100, kegwasher wrote:
> Help.
>
> I seem to have developed a problem during my update. The mirror selected
> must be overwhelmed or just slow. My update time remaining is swinging
> from 7hrs to 4days! Is is possible to stop and restart without causing a
> mess?
>
> Relatively familiar with Linux, used since 94, but this is my first machine
> to play with debian. So far very impressed with debian overall.
>
> details of machine.
>
> hardware, box stock toshiba tecra8000 laptop of 400mhz PII fame.
> neomagic video
> opl3sa2 audio
> 64megs ram, yah I know it is not much but it runs most things fine.
> 6gig HD
> removable CDrom, floppy or LS-120
>
> Current Os, Debian woody, attempted final OS, Debian Sarge.
> only added packages are opera, openoffice, flash plugin, java, and
> realplayer.
You don't say how you're connecting, but I guess it might be dialup and
you have a noisy line with lots of retries or your modem's negotiated a
slow speed or both.
It's OK to just control-C the update to kill it. Suggest you redial and
try again (just run apt-get update again and it'll pick up where it left
off).
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....................paul
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