Update 1 Beta question

[Jason 'XenoPhage' Frisvold]

Scott Mertens wrote:

>I have been told by Redhat support that the drivers for my sound card
>are not in my current release.  Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4
>(Nahant)
>
>I was also told they were included in Update 1 Beta which would be
>supported for one month if applied.  Hopefully by that time the official
>release would be out. In looking at the website it looks like a complete
>reinstall of Linux?  I might be wrong on this, but when I added myself
>to the beta list it took me to a page to download ISO's.
>
>My question is to apply this update, do I need to burn ISO's and do a
>complete re-install of RHES?  Or is there another way?
>  
>

Until they release the updates on the up2date server, that may be the
only way.  I would recommend calling and asking if there's a beta rhn
server where you can do this..

You *could* re-install 4.0 with the iso's provided, but...  I'd be
afraid to try that unless this was a non-critical server..

>When I installed I did not care about sound as this is a server in a
>workgroup.  However I am being asked if I can put an answering maching
>on this Linux box, Yes the old Real-to-Real tape finally broke after 20
>years!  and of course first I have to get sound working to play back
>messages.
>
>To that end if anyone is aware of any RH software that will answer phone
>and take messages, let me know.
>  
>

Hrm..  not off the top of my head..  The only relephony product I'm
aware of is Asterisk ...  I believe that's a PBX program though..  I
don't know much about it..  yet..  :)

>Thanks
>  
>


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