[plug] RH updates availability?

[Steege, Phil E]

I am not certain about 'up2date'.  Is it possible that all it updated was
the kernel source and now you have to rebuild the kernel to get 2.4.18-5?
My June issue KRUD update CD's put me at 2.4.18-4 kernel.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bret Busby [mailto:bret at busby.net] 
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 2:06 PM
To: 'plug at plug.linux.org.au'
Subject: RE: [plug] RH updates availability?


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.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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