[plug] Splitting apt downloads
Brad Campbell
brad at wasp.net.au
Wed Mar 1 19:22:40 WST 2006
deepwater lagoon wrote:
> Is there a way to split up the files that apt downloads, so that i can
> update my computer on dial-up. 50 meg chunks would seem to be appropriate.
> Cheers
Not sure, but it does resume where it left off if you abort it. so you could download 50M and ctrl-c
the apt process.. then re-start it later with the same command line and it will just pick up where
it left off..
Not sure that helps you, but anyway
Brad
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