At Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:28:04 +0200 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote:
On Wed, August 25, 2010 16:19, Robert Heller wrote:
At Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:41:11 +0100 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote:
Robert,
On 25 August 2010 14:24, Robert Heller heller@deepsoft.com wrote:
The main problem is that yum is NOT well written to deal with a slow and *unreliable* dial-up interface -- it in fact behaves extremly
Grab a copy of a repository at work, copy it home and set up a local repository. Yum will be perfectly happy with the setup. Sample to rsync to mirrorservice.org:
My 'work' is at home (dialup). The local library is only good for about 1.5mbits/sec (about 150kbytes/sec). I don't have enough free disk space for a full repo on either my laptop or my desktop.
You've received plenty of good advice here and people have made an effort to find viable solutions to your problem, it would be perfectly possible for you to get a cheap USB drive to act as a repository for both your systems. Unfortunately, you will find that all modern operating systems and many applications are increasingly reliant on Online Updates (Windows included).
You seem dismissive of any offline solutions that have been put forward to you, yet you have discounted the feasibility of working with an online solution as well.
To be honest, then, I therefore cannot think of any solution to your problem.
*I* don't have a problem. I just download the packages I need (I have enough space for that) -- I update the laptop directly and then download just the packages I need for my desktop system. I just don't need a full repo. It can be a struggle, but I am managing to keep both systems up-to-date.
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