onepeanutwhistle

* * Cross Posted: linux.redhat.rpm, linux.redhat.misc,
linux.redhat.install * *

My home system (Taroon Update 2) is only internet capable thru a 45.2K
dial-up and the latest Taroon Update 3 has aprox 130+ files waiting
for me. Even if I "Sneakernet" a CD w/just those files, it's a big
time sink.

My company paid support allows access to the seven new Taroon Update 3
..iso files at rhn.redhat.com, sooo, if I were to burn the new iso
files and bring them home, is an "update" possible that leaves my
documents and after-install applications undisturbed? This would give
my associates, and me, copies of the latest .iso files at least.

Alternative: Bring my system in to work where we have fat pipes and do
the up2date thing.

Thanks All!

jean-david beyer

Since the other methods were not convenient for me, I just did download
all that stuff (with up2date) over my dial-up Internet connection. It got
me 180 packages for RHEL 3 ES. It took slightly less than three days. I
did a bunch at a time, though. The first was up2date itself. Since it runs
in the background, you can do other stuff while it is going on. I would
avoid using the dial-up Internet connection for anything else though: it
would be too frustrating.

--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 241939.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org
^^-^^ 14:15:00 up 6 days, 58 min, 3 users, load average: 4.16, 4.18, 4.12

onepeanutwhistle

* * Cross Posted: linux.redhat.rpm, linux.redhat.misc,
linux.redhat.install * *

My home system (Taroon Update 2) is only internet capable thru a 45.2K
dial-up and the latest Taroon Update 3 has aprox 130+ files waiting
for me. Even if I "Sneakernet" a CD w/just those files, it's a big
time sink.

My company paid support allows access to the seven new Taroon Update 3
..iso files at rhn.redhat.com, sooo, if I were to burn the new iso
files and bring them home, is an "update" possible that leaves my
documents and after-install applications undisturbed? This would give
my associates, and me, copies of the latest .iso files at least.

Alternative: Bring my system in to work where we have fat pipes and do
the up2date thing.

Thanks All!

jean-david beyer

Since the other methods were not convenient for me, I just did download
all that stuff (with up2date) over my dial-up Internet connection. It got
me 180 packages for RHEL 3 ES. It took slightly less than three days. I
did a bunch at a time, though. The first was up2date itself. Since it runs
in the background, you can do other stuff while it is going on. I would
avoid using the dial-up Internet connection for anything else though: it
would be too frustrating.

--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 241939.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org
^^-^^ 14:15:00 up 6 days, 58 min, 3 users, load average: 4.16, 4.18, 4.12