Re: Update from RHEL AS 3.0 update3 to update4.

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Anant S Athavale wrote:
> Dear Members,
>
> I have a system installed with RHEL AS 3.0 update 3.  I find on the net that,
> Update 4 CD's are available.
>
> The system which is installed with update3 is not connected to internet and will
> not be connected to internet for security reasons.
>
> Now, please suggest me, how can I update the system from update3 to update4
> using the downloaded CD's from internet.

This really should be addressed to Red Hat's support group, but we'll
take a stab.

Download and burn the CD images.  Edit "/etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources" and
add a line such as:

	dir	local-CDs	/mnt/cdrom

Put one of your burned CDs in the drive and it should automount.  You
can  then run up2date.  Since you've added a local RPM repository to its
sources, it should work fine.

I'm not certain, but you might be able to force up2date to look at the 
CDs without editing the file by specifying the "-k /mnt/cdrom" option:

	up2date -u -k /mnt/cdrom

but I've never done it.
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