On Sat, 08 May 2004 16:24, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > Yea, verily, I say unto you that on this date (Sat, 8 May 2004 14:10:52 > +1200) cr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did appear within my Magick Viewing Screen > > and, being somewhat pleasantly supplicatory, did polemicize thusly: > > Yes, sitting behind a 56k modem (or a 28k which is what I'm stuck with > > when line noise sets in!), a major upgrade of several packages is > > really only practical off CD's. > > This turns out not to be the case unless you are billed by the minute. > I recently blew away my system (for something to do, OK?) and > re-installed everything starting with a Libranet 1.9.1 CD containing > mostly potato. Stripping, updating to the newest stable, then testing, > then to unstable and getting the several other programs I need which > weren't included on the original CD took <about> 35-38 hours on 56k > dialup. I did it in several bouts across several successive nights and > everything has come off without a hitch. (well, except that I am now > back to the 2.4.3 kernel and still haven't addressed that) > > Cybe R. Wizard -wow, everything's /so/ glossy now!
OK, we now have many testaments that it is possible to build a whole system on a 56k dialup. Which I didn't actually dispute. I just said that for many people (such as me), circumstances make it impractical or at least not the favoured option to install a system that way. I could, for example, pay for a second phone line, or broadband, or get myself a mobile phone (no 3 in the household), thus freeing up the house line for my computer. I may do one or more of those some day. For now, it's simply more cost-effective for me to buy CD's. cr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]