Re: [rhn-users] Updates server

["Alan R. Becker" <beckera mail-now com>]

Hi,
There is documentation on the RHN site about how to get 
RH 6.2 to function with RHN:  basically, you must download and 
install a series of RPMs, in a particular order, manually. 
Then RH6.2 can be registered and updated as any other 
RHN-managed unit.  If you don't install the GUI, you can 
do this via command line using "up2date".  All this is the 
good news.  The bad news is that RH62 has been scheduled for 
End-Of-Life as far as updates and RHN are concerned, as of the 
last day of this month.  So it hardly seems worth any effort 
to do for a few more weeks.  Of course, getting your machines 
updated may buy you time to migrate.  In reality, RH6.2 is 
an OLD distribution, and system that obsolete should be 
upgraded in any case.
HTH,
A. Becker


=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Michel-Andr=E9?= <michelandre videotron ca> wrote:
> I am trying to do the same thing (download to a server, burn CD
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> update other severs).
> If I download from updates.rdhat.com, what is the command to update
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> other servers?
> Those updates are src.rpm. I don't use X, only the command line.
> I use RedHat 6.2. I update the rpm package manager first and rebuild
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> rpm data base.
> Then I use the following: # rpm -Uvh --freshen *.rpm
> I use the --freshen so as to update only the packages that are
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> installed.
> It seems to go through all the packages but it don't update any
> I tried taking out the --freshen but to no avail.
> Do I have to compile them first? If so, how do I do that?
> I am lost on that one.
> 
> Also for the kernel.
> I install a full system with GUI to see the differences.
> I noticed that it will update the kernel and also the
/etc/lilo.conf.
> If you update manually the kernel, it doesn't update the
/etc/lilo.conf
> 
> The only solution I found is to register a demo system, update it,
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> take the rpm from
> that machine in /usr/spool/up2date and burn them on a cd.
> I would prefer to get the updates from updates.redhat.com as it
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> easier to do.
> 
> Any better way will be appreciated
> 
> Thanks:
> 
> Michel-Andr=E9
> *****************
> 
> Alan R. Becker wrote:
> 
> >Thanks all,
> >Don't know why it's different now, but it's working=20
> >for me again.  The strange thing is this is all=20
> >scripted, and I haven't messed with the scripts.=20=20
> >Hm . . .
> >
> >I do have RHN subscriptions for a number of servers,=20
> >but that has never (to my knowledge) influenced access=20
> >to the updates ftp server.  You are absolutely correct=20
> >about the access and bandwidth limitations when=20
> >attempting to connect to RHN for updating under a demo
> >account.  I have seen this myself, and it did not=20
> >matter whether the rpms were being downloaded or=20
> >pulled off a CD or whatever.   Traditionally, the=20
> >ftp updates site has been open for anyone anywhere.=20
> >After all, that is where we got updates before RHN existed.
> >A. Becker
> >
> >
> >=20=20
> >
> >>"John Vedsegaard" <taform c dk> wrote:
> >>=20=20=20=20
> >>
> >>>----- Original Message -----=20
> >>>From: "Alan R. Becker" <beckera mail-now com>
> >>>To: <rhn-users redhat com>
> >>>Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 2:42 AM
> >>>Subject: [rhn-users] Updates server
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>=20=20=20=20=20=20
> >>>
> >>>>I have, for several days, attempted unsuccessfully to=20
> >>>>contact the RedHat updates server (ftp://updates.redhat.com).=20

> >>>>It has been my practice to download the updates to a local=20
> >>>>storage server, where I can access them via network, or=20
> >>>>burn a CD, whatever.  This conserves both my bandwidth=20
> >>>>and RedHat's, and allows me to reasonably maintain servers=20
> >>>>that don't have a broadband connection (some are as low=20
> >>>>as a 33.6Kb modem).=20=20
> >>>>
> >>>>I just completed another test where I went to my storage
> >>>>server and attempted to contact updates.redhat.com via=20
> >>>>ftp (no go), ping (nada), and then used command-line=20
> >>>>up2date to initiate some needed updates.	Watching=20
> >>>>/var/spool/up2date while the update was progressing,=20
> >>>>I saw rpms being downloaded from RedHat, and I could=20
> >>>>log into RHN from a browser, so I know that RHN is=20
> >>>>not down.  I also checked DNS and updates.redhat.com=20
> >>>>is still there.
> >>>>
> >>>>I searched RedHat's site for any announcement regarding=20
> >>>>the updates server, to no avail.
> >>>>
> >>>>Is the Redhat updates site temporarily down, or is it=20
> >>>>another victim of a business plan change??	If
temporary,=20
> >>>>=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20
> >>>>
> >
> >=20=20
> >
> >>>>when should it be back on the air?	Do I need to look=20
> >>>>for a mirror to supply these rpms??  What is happening=20
> >>>>with this resource??
> >>>>
> >>>>A. Becker
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20
> >>>>
> >>>I dont know why you have problems, but it sure works.
> >>>By the way, if you have the "demo version" like myself, there is
> >>>=20=20=20=20=20=20
> >>>
> >>limeted bandwitdh and from time ti time the server will not let
you
> >>in.
> >>=20=20=20=20
> >>
> >>>John Vedsegaard
> >>>
> >>>=20=20=20=20=20=20
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