Re: diced kernel
Alan Cox (alan@cymru.net)
Mon, 17 Jun 1996 09:26:46 +0100 (BST)
> the kernel sources, isn't the size of the sources themselves. Its the
> TIME it takes to download 6Mb in one chunk.... As the net becomes
> more and more congested, and more and more folks transfer speeds slow
> down to 1K/s on a 28k8 line, it gets more and more difficult to pull
> the sources in one go. Being able to possibly spread it over a
> couple of nights would be a great help to some I think.
You can, just interrupt your ftp, come back later and use the reget
command to continue.
Alan