Messages in this thread |  | | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: diced kernel | Date | Mon, 17 Jun 1996 09:26:46 +0100 (BST) |
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> 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
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