2008/12/10 Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Stephen Garton wrote: >> Afternoon All, >> >> I look after my mother in laws's ubuntu box - currently running hardy. >> She only has a 512 broadband connection, and a full upgrade needs to >> download ~1.8GB of packages.
Can you download the Alternative CD via a faster connection? Then send her the CD, get her to put it in the drive and use the CD to upgrade? I used that method on my laptop and it worked fine. Colin PS. I know nothing about Ubuntu so might be completely wrong, if so disregard this message and pretend I don't exist. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/