up2date question

inode0 inode0 at gmail.com
Fri Aug 18 13:03:31 UTC 2006


On 8/18/06, Nitin <linuxwatch at gmail.com> wrote:
> A) Downlaod the ISO of RHEL3 U7 from RHN
>
> B) Mount the ISOs in a local directory on the system, for instance:
>
> # mount iso_filename /mnt/ISO -o loop
>
> C) Copy all the RPMs from the /mnt/ISO/RedHat/RPMS to /var/spool/up2date directory, for instance:
>
> # cp /mnt/ISO/RedHat/RPMS/*.rpm /var/spool/up2date
>
> D) Repeat the steps A and B for the remaining ISOs.
>
> E) Edit the file /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources, comment the line:
>
> # up2date default
>
> Uncomment and modify the last line to look similar as:
> dir my-favorite-rpms-i386-9 /var/spool/up2date/ and save the file.
>
> F) Now, up2date the system  which will receive all the updates from the '/var/spool/up2date' directory.
>
> # up2date -u

This would update your system to where U7 began. Out of curiosity, is
it possible to also acquire and install all the subsequent pre-U8
errata and updates that Red Hat released after the U7 ISOs were
released?

John




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