Re: Updating RH9/Shrike?

[Ed Wilts <ewilts ewilts org>]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 04:24:50PM -0700, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 April 2003 16:13, Colburn wrote:
> > OK, visited the RH9 site and drilled down to get the complete list of
> > errata to-date.  https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rh9-errata.html
> >
> > Problem: I don't see a way to download and burn those files to a CD via
> > the Win98 box at work to bring home and apply to my RH9 install (28k
> > dial-up via very old copper).
> >
> > Is there a way to make this happen, please?
> >
> Take your list, and pick the files out from ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/

The one thing to watch out for is to make sure that you install the
right architecture packages for your system.  Although almost not all of
your rpms will be for the i386, you may have a different one for the
kernel or glibc.

Use something like: 
# rpm -qa --queryformat '%{arch} {%name}-{%version}-%{release}\n' |sort
It's now sorted by architecture so you can quickly grab the relevant
packages.

Once you've got the packages burnt to your CD and taken home, do:
# mount /mnt/cdrom
# rpm -Fvh /mnt/cdrom/*.rpm
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