[plug] RH updates availability?

[Bret Busby]

On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Steege, Phil E wrote:

> 
> I know this does not answer your question, but I submit it as an option.
> Having a 56K modem only for the web, I also disliked the long unreliable
> downloads of Redhat updates.
> The web link below is to a group, in the US, who provide monthly Redhat
> CDROM's with the latest errata, security and file updates for redhat
> systems.  I just got their 7.3 update last month.
> They call it a KRUD (Kevin's Red Hat Uber Distribution) distribution.  Their
> CD's explain everything needed for each monthly update.
> 
> I paid $60.00 US dollars ($5 per month) for a one year subscription.  They
> charge an additional $5 for Global Priority International shipments.
> 
> You may want to investigate it as an option.
> 
> It is only for Redhat systems unfortunately, but I could see where someone
> with high bandwidth access, could create a company doing the same for other
> popular distributions.
> 
> http://www.tummy.com/krud/mailorder.html/body/benefits
> 
> Cheers,
> Phil
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bret Busby [mailto:bret at busby.net] 
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 1:28 PM
> To: PLUG
> Subject: [plug] RH updates availability?
> 
> 
> 
> After spending several hours and repeated attempts to download 90MB of
> packages for updating installed packages on RH7.3, and finally managing to
> complete the download, the updating was aborted by red hat, with an error
> message "Free service limited due to high load .... Due to extremely high
> traffic, access to Red Hat Network is currently limited to subscription
> customers."
> 
> Note: this occurred AFTER the packages were downloaded, and the computer was
> supposedly installing the more current RPM's, that had been downloaded.
> 
> Is this a common occurrence?
> 
> Does this mean that RH up2date does not work unless a user has a paid
> support contract?
> 
> Has anyone got up2date to work, with RH 7.3?
> 
> 

Thanks for the reply, Phil.

I retried again, and, this time it told me that the system was fully
updated, and that "No new packages are needed".

A dialogue box told me that the system was currently running kernel
2.4.18-3, and that a newer version was installed (2.4.18-5), and that I
should reboot as soon as possible, to test the newer kernel. Rebooting
shows the kernel as being 2.4.18-3, at the login prompt, so I do not know
what happened to the newer kernel that showed as having been installed.

I also again get the same dialogue box, that shows that the kernel that is
running, is older than the newest installed kernel. It must have hidden
the newer kernel from the bootup, or, not really installed the newer
packages, or something.

I am now confused. I do not know what up2date has done to the system.

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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