From roberto@cbvcp.com Wed Jun 17 05:38:34 1998 From: roberto@cbvcp.com To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: [S.u.S.E. Linux] updating system to 5.2 via yast Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 22:38:34 -0700 Message-ID: <35875659.5C6B7BF6@cbvcp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2459129311435781549==" --===============2459129311435781549== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable i have a 28.8 connection to the internet and it is up for a maximum of 8 hours at a time. is it possible to update my system via the internet thru suse' ftp and yast? or would it lose the connection halfway through, and then have to start over at the beginning? -- Aaron Seelye http://revolution.3-cities.com/~roberto> -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============2459129311435781549==-- From tanc@cuug.ab.ca Wed Jun 17 07:00:18 1998 From: tanc@cuug.ab.ca To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] updating system to 5.2 via yast Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 01:00:18 -0600 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <35875659.5C6B7BF6@cbvcp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============3843339758378716847==" --===============3843339758378716847== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If the reason for doing this is to save cost, then I would suggest that you get a CD from places like www.cheapbytes.com and do the installation that way. From my own experience, doing installation via NFS mounts is not very reliable, unless it is a local network installation. Regards, C. J. Tan On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Aaron Seelye wrote: > Return-Path: > Received: from mail.cuug.ab.ca (ibm.cuug.ab.ca [192.75.191.4]) > by laplace.dyn.ml.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA10472 > for ; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 00:55:20 -0600 > Received: from Goldengate.suse.com (goldengate.suse.com [209.0.51.1]) > by mail.cuug.ab.ca (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA19380; > Wed, 17 Jun 1998 00:49:39 -0600 > Received: from localhost (daemon(a)localhost) > by Goldengate.suse.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA08595; > Tue, 16 Jun 1998 22:35:58 -0700 > Received: by Goldengate.suse.com (bulk_mailer v1.5); Tue, 16 Jun 1998 22:35= :58 -0700 > Received: (from mdom(a)localhost) > by Goldengate.suse.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA08591 > for suse-linux-e-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 22:35:58 -0700 > Received: from revolution.3-cities.com (root(a)revolution.3-cities.com [204= .203.224.155]) > by Goldengate.suse.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA08587 > for ; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 22:35:55 -0700 > Received: from cbvcp.com (kenn133.3-cities.com [204.203.235.50]) by revolut= ion.3-cities.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA06203 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 22:35:39 -0700 (PDT) > Message-ID: <35875659.5C6B7BF6(a)cbvcp.com> > Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 22:38:34 -0700 > From: Aaron Seelye > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) > MIME-Version: 1.0 > To: Suse List > Subject: [S.u.S.E. Linux] updating system to 5.2 via yast > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Sender: owner-suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Reply-To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > X-Mailinglist: suse-linux-e >=20 >=20 > i have a 28.8 connection to the internet and it is up for a maximum of 8 > hours at a time. is it possible to update my system via the internet > thru suse' ftp and yast? or would it lose the connection halfway > through, and then have to start over at the beginning? >=20 > -- > Aaron Seelye > http://revolution.3-cities.com/~roberto> >=20 >=20 > -- > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e >=20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ C. J. Tan E-mail: cjtan(a)acm.org Telephone: 1-403-220-8038=20 tanc(a)cuug.ab.ca 1-403-606-4257=20 URL: http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~tanc> Facsimile: 1-403-284-19= 80 "An engineer made programmer is one=20 who attempts to solve a problem, A programmer made engineer is one=20 who knows how to solve a problem." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============3843339758378716847==--