dist-upgrade and testing

Dean Sas dean at deansas.org
Sun Mar 26 09:14:59 BST 2006


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Daniel Robitaille wrote:
> On 3/25/06, Bruce Muirhead <muirhead at halenet.com.au> wrote:
>>  hi
>>  I just realised I wasn't clear enough about the info I want and need.
>>
>>  I am on a slow but technically broadband connection and I would like to
>> test my laptop with dapper. I also have download limits. What I need to
>> know, therefore, if anyone here knows,  what the size of the download for an
>> apt-get dist-upgrade is so that I can work out if I and when I can do it
>> without paying $1.00 per MB excess download charge. If the actula online
>> upgrade is not as large as the iso, then I can take part, but if it is a
>> full download then I can't
> 
> I would guestimate that it is in the order of 300mb to do a
> dist-upgrade Breezy-Dapper.  But I haven't done one in a long while.
> 

When I dist-upgraded my desktop yesterday there was about 500mb worth,
but I do have a fair few extra programs installed.

dsas
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