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  • Re: MacOS 10.2.6 combo update

    From Emily Jackson@m5comp@fastmail-REMOVE_THIS-.fm.invalid to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 07:03:46
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <995ae887.0307010116.38fdf89c@posting.google.com>, Tristan
    Bray <trisbray@hotmail.com> wrote:

    I'm currently running 10.2.2 and want to upgrade. The 10.2.6 combo is
    v large and my 2hr limited dial-up will not run to it. Similarly
    10.2.3 is too large to download in a couple of hours. How can I
    upgrade? BTW I have tried the pause function in Mozilla with no
    success and tried a download manager, but it would not install because
    it needed 10.2.6 :-(.

    I used wget in Terminal.app to download the 10.2.6 update on a dialup connection. You can download wget from <http://www.cosmos.ne.jp/~kaz6120/downloads/index.pl?class=unix_porting>.
    After you have wget installed, open Terminal (located in the Utilities subfolder of your Applications folder) and type at the % prompt "wget http://apple.speedera.net/download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/App le_Software_Updates/Mac_OS_X/downloads/061-0566.20030506.3w72q/2Z/MacOSX UpdateCombo10.2.6.dmg.bin" (without the quotes). Press the Return key
    and the download will begin. When you're ready to stop downloading,
    type command-period to stop. Then, when you want to pick up from where
    you left off, open up the Terminal program and type "wget -c http://apple.speedera.net/download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/App le_Software_Updates/Mac_OS_X/downloads/061-0566.20030506.3w72q/2Z/MacOSX UpdateCombo10.2.6.dmg.bin". This will resume the download from where
    you left off. After you've finished, the downloaded file will be in
    your home directory, not on your Desktop. You can then use StuffIt
    Expander to open the file.

    HTH,

    Emily

    --
    "If it seem slow, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay."
    Emily Jackson
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  • From Tris@trisbraynospam@hotmail.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 20:31:27
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Emily Jackson wrote:
    In article <995ae887.0307010116.38fdf89c@posting.google.com>, Tristan
    Bray <trisbray@hotmail.com> wrote:


    I'm currently running 10.2.2 and want to upgrade. The 10.2.6 combo is
    v large and my 2hr limited dial-up will not run to it. Similarly
    10.2.3 is too large to download in a couple of hours. How can I
    upgrade? BTW I have tried the pause function in Mozilla with no
    success and tried a download manager, but it would not install because
    it needed 10.2.6 :-(.


    I used wget in Terminal.app to download the 10.2.6 update on a dialup connection. You can download wget from <http://www.cosmos.ne.jp/~kaz6120/downloads/index.pl?class=unix_porting>.
    After you have wget installed,

    <snip verbose, damn-fine instructions>

    OK, have downloaded, decompressed and installed wget using Installer.
    Was not able to rename and move to HOME dir .tcshrc , probably because I haven't worked out how to get root privs. Presumed this wasn't a
    problem because Terminal opened tcsh without a problem. The problem is Terminal is not accepting the wget command.

    What should I do now?

    Cheers (and thanks),

    Tris.

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  • From stan@stan@temple.edu to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 21:34:39
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Tristan Bray <trisbray@hotmail.com> wrote:
    Hi,

    I'm currently running 10.2.2 and want to upgrade. The 10.2.6 combo is
    v large and my 2hr limited dial-up will not run to it. Similarly
    10.2.3 is too large to download in a couple of hours. How can I
    upgrade? BTW I have tried the pause function in Mozilla with no
    success and tried a download manager, but it would not install because
    it needed 10.2.6 :-(.

    Any suggestions?

    Find a friend, relative, or colleague who has a broadband connect
    and a Mac with a CD burner who is willing to download the update
    and burn it onto a CD for you.
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