Yast Online Update (YOU) : Saving Update Packages
Hi All Another beginner's question. One of the things I hated about Windows 2000 was that everytime you reinstalled you had to download the huge service patch 2. Either that or pay 20 dollars to get it on a cd. I noticed that when I used Yast Online Update (YOU) that when it downloads the packages, and I am not talking about selecting indvidual packages, but just accepting what Yast tells me -- that should tell you about the level of Suse mastery I have -- anyway, I have noticed that after you download and install the packages, it gives you the option to delete them or not. I select not to, and I was wondering where those packages have ended up if they have not been deleted. What I am hoping is that you can burn them to cd and then later, when you mess up your machine and have to reinstall, you can update from your backup and only use the online update to get things you don't have yet. I am trying to avoid having to make ever larger downloads to keep things up to date. So, specifically, my question is: Can you save online update packages to a cd and then install them from the cd, and if so, how do you do it? I know how to make an iso image and burn it to disk, so that doesn't need to be explained unless there are some tricks to it, but I would appreciate instruction in how to do the rest if it is possible, and, as beginners before me have said, the long version please, if you don't mind. Thank you
On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 09:17:07AM -0700, neal mcdermott wrote:
So, specifically, my question is:
Can you save online update packages to a cd and then install them from the cd, and if so, how do you do it? I know how to make an iso image and burn it to disk, so that doesn't need to be explained unless there are some tricks to it, but I would appreciate instruction in how to do the rest if it is possible, and, as beginners before me have said, the long version please, if you don't mind.
The patches that you have installed are saved in /var/lib/YaST/patches/i386/update/8.0/<pkg-grp> Although I have never done it, you should be able to save this directory, restore it later and apply the patches manually using rpm to a fresh install. I don't think this is whole picture, though. I *think* SuSE tracks which patches have already been installed in another file, so that would have to be updated manally as well. A better approach would be to restore the patches, then start YOU, and let it install them for you. In this case, YOU should be smart enough to see that you already have the patches and not download them again, although it may always download the _list_ of available patches. This is the way I would try it first. Best Regards, Keith -- LPIC-2, MCSE, N+ Got spam? Get spastic http://spastic.sourceforge.net
Keith, Thank you. I will give it a try. Neal On Thursday 30 May 2002 09:47, Keith Winston wrote:
On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 09:17:07AM -0700, neal mcdermott wrote:
So, specifically, my question is:
Can you save online update packages to a cd and then install them from the cd, and if so, how do you do it? I know how to make an iso image and burn it to disk, so that doesn't need to be explained unless there are some tricks to it, but I would appreciate instruction in how to do the rest if it is possible, and, as beginners before me have said, the long version please, if you don't mind.
The patches that you have installed are saved in /var/lib/YaST/patches/i386/update/8.0/<pkg-grp>
Although I have never done it, you should be able to save this directory, restore it later and apply the patches manually using rpm to a fresh install.
I don't think this is whole picture, though. I *think* SuSE tracks which patches have already been installed in another file, so that would have to be updated manally as well.
A better approach would be to restore the patches, then start YOU, and let it install them for you. In this case, YOU should be smart enough to see that you already have the patches and not download them again, although it may always download the _list_ of available patches. This is the way I would try it first.
Best Regards, Keith
* Keith Winston;
A better approach would be to restore the patches, then start YOU, and let it install them for you. In this case, YOU should be smart enough to see that you already have the patches and not download them again, although it may always download the _list_ of available patches. This is the way I would try it first.
What I do is I mirror the update directory via rsync cron script and then use YaST2 -> Online Update -> manual and then Expert. choose hardisk the trick is to write the directory structure upto the point i386 so I have my mirrored software /usr/local/update -----> i386/update/8.0 -----> i386/update/7.3 hence writing /usr/local/update is sufficient. YOU finds the remaining. this way I can also do local ftp for my other machines More info can be found /usr/share/doc/packages/yast2-config-online-update/y2c_online_update.html -- Togan Muftuoglu Unofficial SuSE FAQ Maintainer http://dinamizm.ath.cx
Le Jeudi 30 Mai 2002 18:47, Keith Winston a écrit / wrote:
The patches that you have installed are saved in /var/lib/YaST/patches/i386/update/8.0/<pkg-grp>
Although I have never done it, you should be able to save this directory, restore it later and apply the patches manually using rpm to a fresh install.
Yes you can. I tried it beetween two machines and all is good... [snip]
A better approach would be to restore the patches, then start YOU, and let it install them for you. In this case, YOU should be smart enough to see that you already have the patches and not download them again, although it may always download the _list_ of available patches. This is the way I would try it first.
Yes. And it works like a charm too. Francis
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